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The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston : Prentice Hall, c2010.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxii, 601 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780136080305 (casebound : alk. paper)
  • 0136080308 (casebound : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/73621 22
LOC classification:
  • RA410 .F65 2010
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) 338.473621 FOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 3060024010
Book Book James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) 338.473621 FOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 3060025435
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

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