| Description |
xxii, 601 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
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 mechanisms -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Medical economics.
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Economics, Medical.
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Government Regulation.
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Health Care Reform -- economics.
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Health Policy -- economics.
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Insurance, Health -- economics.
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| Author |
Goodman, Allen C.
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Stano, Miron.
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| LC no. |
2009023023 |
| ISBN |
9780136080305 casebound alkaline paper |
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0136080308 casebound alkaline paper |
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