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Preface | |
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Detailed Contents | |
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List of Figures | |
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List of Tables | |
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An Introduction to the Economics of Medical Care | |
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Appendix: Review of Demand, Supply, Equilibrium Price, Price Elasticity, and Competitive and Monopoly Analysis | |
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The Role of Government in Health and Medical Care | |
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Health Policy and the Legislative Marketplace | |
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The Production of Health: The Impact of Medical Services on Health | |
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Appendix: Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Utility Analyses | |
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An Overview of the Medical Care Sector | |
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The Demand for Medical Care | |
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Appendix: The Effect of Coinsurance on the Demand for Medical Care | |
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The Demand for Health Insurance | |
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Risk Neutral and Risk Seeking Behavior | |
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The Effect on the Insurance Premium of Extending Coverage to Include Additional Benefits | |
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The Supply of Medical Care: An Overview | |
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Market Competition in Medical Care | |
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The Market for Health Insurance: Its Performance and Structure | |
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The Use of Medical Loss Ratios as a Measure of Health Plan Performance | |
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Developing Risk-Adjusted Premiums | |
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The Physician Services Market | |
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Appendix: How Medicare Pays Physicians | |
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The Market for Hospital Services | |
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Using a Physician Control Model to Increase Physician Productivity | |
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Cost Shifting | |
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The Pharmaceutical Industry | |
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Health Manpower Shortages and Surpluses: Definitions, Measurement, and Policies | |
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The Market for Physician Manpower | |
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The Market for Medical Education: Equity and Efficiency | |
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The Market for Registered Nurses | |
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Appendix: Market Structure and Nurse Wages and Employment | |
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National Health Insurance: An Approach to the Redistribution of Medical Care | |
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Concluding Comments on the Economics of Medical Care | |
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Appendix: Measuring Changes in the Price of Medical Care | |
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Appendix: Health Insurance Premiums as a Measure of the Price of Medical Care | |
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Glossary | |