Health economics

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Phelps, Charles E. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. [etc.] : Pearson cop. 2010
Edición:4th ed
Colección:The Addison-Wesley series in economics
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 and technical change in health care
  • Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.