TY - BOOK AU - Folland,Sherman AU - Goodman,Allen C. AU - Stano,Miron TI - The economics of health and health care SN - 9780138004873 U1 - 338.433621 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Medical economics KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health Policy KW - economics KW - Insurance, Health KW - Health Care Reform KW - Technology, Medical KW - H�lsoekonomi KW - sao N1 - 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 ER -