The Folland, Sherman. creator Goodman, Allen C. Stano, Miron. text bibliography mau Boston Prentice Hall c2010 2010 6th ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 601 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for health economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Production of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- The organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofit firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- Health system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa. Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Medical economics Economics, Medical Government Regulation Health Care Reform economics Health Policy economics Insurance, Health economics Pharmacy RA410 .F65 2010 338.4/73621 9780136080305 (casebound : alk. paper) 0136080308 (casebound : alk. paper) 2009023023 DNLM/DLC 111213 15766333