The economics of health and health care /
Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano.
- xxvii, 607 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Pt. I. Basic economics tools -- Pt. II. Supply and demand -- Pt. III. Information and insurance markets -- Pt. IV. Key players in the health care sector -- Pt. V. Social insurance -- Pt. VI. Special topics -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Ch. 3. Statistical tools for health economics -- Ch. 4. Economic efficiency and cost benefit analysis -- Ch. 5. production of health -- Ch. 6. production, cost, and technology of health care -- Ch. 7. Demand for health capital -- Ch. 8. Demand and supply of health insurance -- Ch. 9. Consumer choice and demand -- Ch. 10. Asymmetric information and agency -- Ch. 11. organization of health insurance markets -- Ch. 12. Managed care -- Ch. 13. Nonprofit firms -- Ch. 14. Hospitals and long-term care -- Ch. 15. physician's practice -- Ch. 16. Health care labor markets and professional training -- Ch. 17. pharmaceutical industry -- Ch. 18. Equity, efficiency, and need -- Ch. 19. Government intervention in health care markets -- Ch. 20. Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms -- Ch. 21. Social insurance -- Ch. 22. Comparative health care systems and health system reform -- Ch. 23. health economics of bads -- Ch. 24. Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa.