The economics of health and medical care
By: Philip Jacobs, John Rapoport.
Contributors: Rapoport, John, 1944-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Medical economics.; Medical economics -- United States.; Economics, Medical -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Descriptive economics. Output of the health care sector; title: Economic dimensions of the health care system; title: Explanatory economics. 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: Competative markets; title: Market power in health care; title: Health insurance; title: The labor market; title: Evaluative economics. 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: Economic evaluation of health services.