Health Economics
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Health Economics, 4/e combines current economic theory, recent research, and health policy problems into a comprehensive overview of the field. This thorough update of a classic and widely used text follows author Charles E. Phelps’s three years of service as Provost of the University of Rochester.Why Health Economics?; Utility and Health; The Transformation of Medical Care to Health; The Demand for Medical Care: Conceptual Framework; Empirical Studies of Medical Care Demand and Applications; The Physician and the Physician Firm; Physicians in the Marketplace; The Hospital as a Supplier of Medical Care; Hospitals in the Marketplace; The Demand for Health Insurance; Health Insurance Supply and Managed Care; Government Provision of Health Insurance; Medical Malpractice; Externalities in Health and Medical Care; Managing the Market: Regulation and Technical Change in Health Care; Universal Insurance Issues and International Comparisons of Health Care Systems.For all readers interested in health economics.
Ch. 1 Why Health Economics? 1Ch. 2 Utility and Health 32Ch. 3 The Transformation of Medical Care to Health 56Ch. 4 The Demand for Medical Care: Conceptual Framework 91Ch. 5 Empirical Studies of Medical Care Demand and Applications 126Ch. 6 The Physician and the Physician Firm 165Ch. 7 Physicians in the Marketplace 197Ch. 8 The Hospital as a Supplier of Medical Care 238Ch. 9 Hospitals in the Marketplace 269Ch. 10 The Demand for Health Insurance 300Ch. 11 Health Insurance Supply and Managed Care 345Ch. 12 Government Provision of Health Insurance 376Ch. 13 Medical Malpractice 420Ch. 14 Externalities in Health and Medical Care 453Ch. 15 Managing the Market: Regulation and Technical Change in Health Care 484Ch. 16 Universal Insurance Issues and International Comparisons of Health Care Systems 529Author's Postscript 569App Introduction to Basic Economics Concepts 571Bibliography 595Acknowledgments 623Index 625
