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Health economics /

Phelps, Charles E.

Health economics / Charles E. Phelps. - 4th ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2010. - xvi, 640 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Addison-Wesley series in economics . - Addison-Wesley series in economics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-621) and index.

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.

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Medical economics.
Medical economics--United States.
Economics, Medical--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--economics--United States.
Insurance, Health--economics--United States.

RA410 / .P48 2010

338.4 PHE

W 74 AA1 / P538ha 2010

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