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020 _a9780262035118 (hardcover : alk. paper)
082 0 0 _a338.473621
_bS56
100 1 _aSloan, Frank A.,
245 1 0 _aHealth economics /
250 _aSecond edition.
260 _aCambridge, MA
_bThe MIT Press
_cc2016
300 _axxxi, 803 pages :
_billustrations ;
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction and overview -- Health and health behaviors -- Demand for health care services -- Demand for private health insurance -- The market for physicians' services -- Hospitals -- Quality of care and medical malpractice -- Nurses in hospital and long-term care service -- Pharmaceutical manufacturers -- The supply of private health insurance -- Private financing of health care services -- Government financing and private supply -- Public supply and financing -- Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis -- Measuring benefits and cost-benefit analysis -- The contribution of personal health services to longevity, population health, and economic growth -- Frontiers of health economics.
650 0 _aMedical economics.
650 1 2 _aEconomics, Medical
700 1 _aHsieh, Chee-Ruey,
942 _cBK