Health economics/
Charles E. Phelps.
- 6th edition.
- 508 p. HB
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, quality certification, and technical change -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.
9781138207981 (hbk.)
Economics, Medical Health Services Needs and Demand--economics Insurance, Health--economics Financial Management, Hospital--economics Marketing of Health Services--economics Health Policy--economics