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The economics of health and health care/ Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman and Miron Stano

By: Folland, ShermanContributor(s): Goodman, Allen C | Stano, MironMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010Edition: 6th edDescription: xxii, 601 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780138004873Subject(s): Medical economics | Medicine--Practice | Medical policyDDC classification: 338.473621

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	338.473621 FOL/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P08261

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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.

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