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
Number of pages: 601
ISBN-13: 9780136080305
Subjects: Medical economics; Economics, Medical; Government Regulation; Health Care Reform -- economics; Health Policy -- economics; Insurance, Health -- economics
Description: This best-seller examines health care economics through core economic themes rather than concepts unique to the health care economy. The Sixth Edition updates content to reflect the major changes in the health policy arena. This comprehensive introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models and reflects the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. It provides students with a solid working knowledge of the analytical tools of economics and econometrics as applied to contemporary health care issues.
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.