Folland, Sherman <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2007. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780138004873 0138004870 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical economics.<br/>Economics, Medical<br/>Health Policy--economics<br/>Insurance, Health--economics<br/>Health Care Reform--economics<br/>Technology, Medical<br/>H�lsoekonomi
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.433621