Health economics
By: Charles E. Phelps.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Addison-Wesley; Addison-Wesley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780321594570
Subjects: Medical economics; Medical economics -- United States; Economics, Medical -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- economics -- United States; Insurance, Health -- economics -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why health economics?; title: Utility and health; title: The transformation of medical care to health; title: The demand for medical care : conceptual framework; title: Empirical studies of medical care demand and applications; title: The physician and the physician firm; title: Physicians in the marketplace; title: The hospital as a supplier of medical care; title: Hospitals in the marketplace; title: The demand for health insurance; title: Health insurance supply and managed care; title: Government provision of health insurance; title: Medical malpractice; title: Externalities in health and medical care; title: Managing the market : regulation and technical change in health care; title: Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.