Economics of Health and Health Care

Name: Economics of Health and Health Care
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ISBN: 9780135659878

ISBN-10: 0135659876

ISBN-13: 9780135659878

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano

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This clear, step-by-step best-selling introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models to reflect the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. This book uses core economic themes as basic as supply and demand, as venerable as technology or labor issues, and as modern as the economics of information. Chapter topics include health care, health capital, information, health insurance markets, managed care, nonprofit firms, hospitals, physicians and labor, the pharmaceutical industry, government intervention and regulation, and epidemiology and economics. Useful as a reference work for health service…

Book details

List price: $86.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 9/23/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 7.80" wide x 9.53" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English




Basic Economic Tools



Introduction



Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics



Statistical Tools for Health Economics



Supply And Demand



The Production of Health



Demand for Health Capital



Consumer Choice and Demand



Information



Asymmetric Information and Agency



Imperfect Agency and Supplier-Induced Demand



Health, Health Care, and Advertising



Physician Uncertainty and Small Area Variations



Insurance And Organization Of Health Providers



Insurance



Managed Care and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)



Technology



The Production and Cost of Health Care



Technology



Labor



Labor Markets and Professional Training



The Training and Practice of Physicians



Hospitals And Nursing Homes



Hospitals and Long-Term Care



The Role of Nonprofit Firms



Social Insurance And Health System Reform



Government Intervention in Health Care Markets and an Introduction to Regulation



Equity, Efficiency, and Need



Social Insurance



Comparative Health Care Systems



Health System Reform



Policy Issues And Analyses



Cost-Benefit Analysis and Applications to Health Care



Economics of Mental Health and Substance Abuse


Glossary


References


Index