Economics for healthcare managers
By: Robert H. Lee
Contributors: Health Administration Press; Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Health Administration Press; Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois; Arlington, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781567936766
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Health Services Administration; Economics; Costs and Cost Analysis; Medical Economics
Notes: "HAP/AUPHA."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why health economics?; title: An overview of the US healthcare system; title: An overview of the healthcare financing system; title: Describing, evaluating, and managing risk; title: Understanding costs; title: Bending the cost curve; title: The demand for healthcare products; title: Elasticities; title: Forecasting; title: Supply and demand analysis; title: Maximizing profits; title: Pricing; title: Asymmetric information and incentives; title: Economic analysis of clinical and managerial interventions; title: Profits, market structure, and market power; title: Government intervention in healthcare markets; title: Regulation; title: Strategic behavior.