TY - BOOK AU - Folland,Sherman TI - The economics of health and health care SN - 9781138208056 U1 - 338.433621 PY - 2013/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson KW - Economics, Medical KW - Government Regulation KW - Health Care Reform KW - economics KW - Health Policy KW - Insurance, Health N1 - 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 -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- Health system reform -- The health economics of Bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa ER -