The economics of health and health care
By: Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano.
Contributors: Goodman, Allen C.; Stano, Miron.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780136080305
Subjects: Medical economics; Economics, Medical; Government Regulation; Health Care Reform -- economics; Health Policy -- economics; Insurance, Health -- economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Microeconomic tools for health economics; title: Statistical tools for health economics; title: Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis; title: Production of health; title: The production, cost, and technology of health care; title: Demand for health capital; title: Demand and supply of health insurance; title: Consumer choice and demand; title: Asymmetric information and agency; title: The organization of health insurance markets; title: Managed care; title: Nonprofit firms; title: Hospitals and long-term care; title: The physician's practice; title: Health care labor markets and professional training; title: The pharmaceutical industry; title: Equity, efficiency, and need; title: Government intervention in health care markets; title: Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms; title: Social insurance; title: Comparative health care systems and health system reform; title: Health system reform; title: The health economics of bads; title: Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.