Economics of health and medical care
Contributors: Jacobs, Philip, 1943-
Edition: 6th ed. / Lanis Hicks.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781449629861
Subjects: Medical Economics
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Economics of health and medical care / Philip Jacobs, John Rapoport. 5th ed. Aspen Publishers. c2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Output of the health care sector; title: Economic dimensions of the health care system; title: Demand for medical care : a simple model; title: Additional topics in the demand for health and medical care; title: Health care production and costs; title: Behavior of supply; title: Provider payment; title: Competitive markets; title: Market power in health care; title: Health insurance; title: The labor market; title: Economic evaluation of health services; title: Value judgments and economic evaluation; title: Financing health care; title: Public health insurance; title: Reform of the health care market; title: Regulation and antitrust policy in health care; title: Evolving issues in health care.