The economics of health and health care

• Main Authors: Folland, Sherman, Stano, Miron, Goodman, Allen C
• Format: Book
• Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Pearson Education 2004
• Edition: 4. ed.
• Subjects: SALUD PUBLICA; SEGURO DE ENFERMEDAD; OFERTA Y DEMANDA; POLITICA DE SALUD; INDUSTRIA FARMACEUTICA; ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS; SEGURO DE INVALIDEZ

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Basic economics tools
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Microeconomic tools for health economics
• 3. Statistical tools for health economics
• Part 2: Supply and demand
• 4. The production of health
• 5. The production, cost, and technology of health care
• 6. Demand for health capital
• 7. Demand and supply of health insurance
• 8. Consumer choice and demand
• Part 3: Information and insurance markets
• 9. Asymmetric information and agency
• 10. Imperfect information: supplier-induced demand and small area variations
• 11. The organization of health insurance markets
• 12. Managed care
• Part 4: Key players in the health care sector
• 13. Nonprofit firms
• 14. Hospital and long-term care
• 15. Health care labor markets and professional training
• 16. The pharmaceutical industry
• Part 5: Social insurance
• 17. Equity, efficiency, and need
• 18. Government intervention in health care markets
• 19. Government regulation-principal regulatory
• 20. Social insurance
• 21. Comparative health care systems and health system reform
• Part 6: Special topics
• 22. The health economics of bads
• 23. Epidemiology and economics: AIDS in Africa
• 24. The tools of economic evaluation.