Folland, Sherman.
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. - 6th ed., International ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010. - 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Previous ed.: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for health economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Production of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- The organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofit firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems and health system reform -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
This step-by-step introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models to reflect the full spectrum of health economics literature, using such core economic themes as supply and demand.
9780138004873 0138004870
Medical economics.
338.433621
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. - 6th ed., International ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010. - 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Previous ed.: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for health economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Production of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- The organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofit firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems and health system reform -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
This step-by-step introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models to reflect the full spectrum of health economics literature, using such core economic themes as supply and demand.
9780138004873 0138004870
Medical economics.
338.433621