Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds, 2nd Edition

by Thomas E. Getzen (Temple Univ.)

• ISBN13: 9780471432036
• ISBN10: 0471432032
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A practical primer to the dynamic field of health economics. Written by Thomas Getzen, a leading academic and practitioner, and currently Director of the International Health Economics Association, this complete, accessible text introduces students to the economic analysis of medical markets and the production of health. Updated and revised with new cases and the latest developments in the field, the new Second Edition traces the economic rationale and development of the medical care organization. It thoroughly introduces students to the principles and concepts of health economics without requiring prolonged preparatory work or extensive mathematical manipulation. * Cases illustrate practical uses of economic theory in each chapter. * More streamlined presentation of macro and historical materials. * Covers the relationship of marketing to marginal cost.

Author Biography

Thomas E. Getzen Temple University

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

About the Author.

Foreword.

1. Terms of Trade: The Flow of Funds Through the Health Care System.

2. Demand.

3. Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

4. Insurance.

5. Isurance Contracts and Managed Care.

6. Physicians.

7. Medical Education, Organization, and Business Practices.

8. Hospitals.

9. Management and Regulation of Hospital Costs.

10. Managed Care.

11. Long-Term Care.

12. Pharmaceuticals.

13. Introduction to the Macroeconomics of Health.

14. The Role of Government.

15. Public Goods and Public Health.

16. Economic History, Population Growth, and Medical Care.

17. International Comparisons of Health and Health Expenditures.

18. Dynamics of National Health Spending.

19. Value for Money in the Future of Health Care.

Glossary.

Index.