Health economics /
Charles E. Phelps.
- 4th edition
- xvi, 640 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- The Addison-Wesley series in economics .
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.
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Medical economics. Medical economics--United States. Economics, Medical--United States. Delivery of Health Care--economics--United States. Insurance, Health--economics--United States.