TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phelps,Charles E.
TI  - Health economics
T2  - The Addison-Wesley series in economics
SN  - 9780321642905
AV  - RA410 .P48 2010
U1  - 338.4 PHE 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson
KW  - Medical economics
KW  - United States
KW  - Economics, Medical
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - economics
KW  - Insurance, Health
N1  - 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
ER  -