The economics of health and medical care /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gaithersburg, Md. :
Aspen Publishers,
2002.
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Output of the health care sector
- Economic dimensions of the health care system
- Demand for medical care : a simple model
- Additional topics in the demand for health and medical care
- Health care production and costs
- Behavior of supply
- Provider payment
- Competitive markets
- Market power in health care
- Health insurance
- The labor market
- Value judgements and economic evaluation
- Financing health care
- Public health insurance
- Reform of the health care market
- Regulation and antitrust policy in health care
- Economic evaluation of health services