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Folland, Sherman.
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. - 6th ed. - Boston, MA : Prentice Hall, 2010. - xxii, 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.
9780138004873 9780136080305 (casebound : alk. paper) 0136080308 (casebound : alk. paper)
Medical economics.
Economics, Medical.
Government Regulation.
Health Care Reform--economics.
Health Policy--economics.
Insurance, Health--economics.
RA410 / F653
338.473621 / F653
The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. - 6th ed. - Boston, MA : Prentice Hall, 2010. - xxii, 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.
9780138004873 9780136080305 (casebound : alk. paper) 0136080308 (casebound : alk. paper)
Medical economics.
Economics, Medical.
Government Regulation.
Health Care Reform--economics.
Health Policy--economics.
Insurance, Health--economics.
RA410 / F653
338.473621 / F653