TY  - GEN
AU  - Folland, Sherman
AU  - Goodman, Allen C.
AU  - Stano, Miron
TI  - The economics of health and health care
SN  - 0132279428
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Economics, Medical
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 566-593) and indexes; 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
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