Intro -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Chapter 1 Why Health Economics? -- Chapter 2 An Overview Of The US Healthcare System -- Chapter 3 An Overview Of The Healthcare Financing System -- Chapter 4 Describing, Evaluating, and Managing Risk -- Chapter 5 Understanding Costs -- Chapter 6 Bending the Cost Curve -- Chapter 7 The Demand For Healthcare Products -- Chapter 8 Elasticities -- Chapter 9 Forecasting -- Chapter 10 Supply And Demand Analysis -- Chapter 11 Maximizing Profits -- Chapter 12 Pricing
Chapter 13 Asymmetric Information And Incentives -- Chapter 14 Economic Analysis Of Clinical And Managerial Interventions -- Chapter 15 Proftis, Market Structure, and Market Power -- Chapter 16 Government Intervention In Healthcare Markets -- Chapter 17 Regulation -- Chapter 18 Behavioral Economics -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author
