The economics of health and health care /
Folland, Sherman
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano - 6. ed., International ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, cop. 2010 - 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Previous ed.: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 and health system reform -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
9780138004873 0138004870
Medical economics.
Economics, Medical
Health Policy--economics
Insurance, Health--economics
Health Care Reform--economics
Technology, Medical
H�lsoekonomi
338.433621
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano - 6. ed., International ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, cop. 2010 - 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Previous ed.: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 and health system reform -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.
9780138004873 0138004870
Medical economics.
Economics, Medical
Health Policy--economics
Insurance, Health--economics
Health Care Reform--economics
Technology, Medical
H�lsoekonomi
338.433621