The Economics of Health and Health Care: United States Edition - Rilegato

Folland, Sherman; Goodman, Allen C.; Stano, Miron

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0136080308 ISBN 13: 9780136080305

Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis, 2009

Riassunto

This best-seller examines health care economics through core economic themes rather than concepts unique to the health care economy. The Sixth Edition updates content to reflect the major changes in the health policy arena.

Key Topics:

Introduction; 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 for Health Insurance; Consumer Choice and Demand; Asymmetric Information and Agency; The Organization of Health Insurance Markets; Managed Care; Nonprofit Firms 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

MARKET: A useful reference for health service researchers, government specialists, and physicians and others in the health care field.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Book by Folland Sherman Goodman Allen C Stano Miron

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Taylor & Francis
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0136080308
• ISBN 13: 9780136080305
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 601