Phelps, Charles E., <br/><br/>
Health economics / 
Charles E. Phelps. 
 - 6th edition. 
 - xvi, 508 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-499) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138207981 1138207985 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017027102 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical economics.<br/>Economics, Medical.<br/>Health Services Needs and Demand--economics.<br/>Insurance, Health--economics.<br/>Financial Management, Hospital--economics.<br/>Marketing of Health Services--economics.<br/>Health Policy--economics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA410  / .P48 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/73621 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 74 AA1