TY - BOOK AU - Folland,Sherman AU - Goodman,Allen C. AU - Stano,Miron TI - The economics of health and health care SN - 9780138004873 U1 - 338.433621 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Medical economics N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -