The Economics of Health and Health Care

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

• ISBN13: 9780135659878
• ISBN10: 0135659876
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-23
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This clear, step-by-step best-selling introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models to reflect the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. This book uses core economic themes as basic as supply and demand, as venerable as technology or labor issues, and as modern as the economics of information. Chapter topics include health care, health capital, information, health insurance markets, managed care, nonprofit firms, hospitals, physicians and labor, the pharmaceutical industry, government intervention and regulation, and epidemiology and economics. Useful as a reference work for health service researchers, government specialists, and physicians and others in the health care field.

Table of Contents

Basic Economic Tools

Introduction

Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics

Statistical Tools for Health Economics

Supply And Demand

The Production of Health

Demand for Health Capital

Consumer Choice and Demand

Information

Asymmetric Information and Agency

Imperfect Agency and Supplier-Induced Demand

Health, Health Care, and Advertising

Physician Uncertainty and Small Area Variations

Insurance And Organization Of Health Providers

Insurance

Managed Care and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Technology

The Production and Cost of Health Care

Technology

Labor

Labor Markets and Professional Training

The Training and Practice of Physicians

Hospitals And Nursing Homes

Hospitals and Long-Term Care

The Role of Nonprofit Firms

Social Insurance And Health System Reform

Government Intervention in Health Care Markets and an Introduction to Regulation

Equity, Efficiency, and Need

Social Insurance

Comparative Health Care Systems

Health System Reform

Policy Issues And Analyses

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Applications to Health Care

Economics of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Glossary

References

Index

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