Folland, Sherman.
The economics of health and health care / - 7th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2013. - xxii, 602 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 556-589) and index.
Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for health economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Production of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- The organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofit firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- Health system reform -- The health economics of Bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
9780132954808 (pbk) 013295480X
Economics, Medical.
Government Regulation.
Health Care Reform--economics.
Health Policy--economics.
Insurance, Health--economics.
338.473621 / F65
The economics of health and health care / - 7th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2013. - xxii, 602 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 556-589) and index.
Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for health economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Production of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- The organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofit firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- Health system reform -- The health economics of Bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
9780132954808 (pbk) 013295480X
Economics, Medical.
Government Regulation.
Health Care Reform--economics.
Health Policy--economics.
Insurance, Health--economics.
338.473621 / F65