Health economics / Charles E. Phelps.

By: Phelps, Charles E [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 6th editionDescription: xvi, 508 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138207981; 1138207985Subject(s): Medical economics | Economics, Medical | Health Services Needs and Demand -- economics | Insurance, Health -- economics | Financial Management, Hospital -- economics | Marketing of Health Services -- economics | Health Policy -- economics | United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/73621 LOC classification: RA410 | .P48 2018
Contents:
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, quality certification, and technical change -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-499) and index.

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, quality certification, and technical change -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.

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