Health care economics
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Bibliographic Information
Health care economics
（Wiley series in health services）（A Wiley medical publication）
Wiley, c1988
3rd ed
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides an analytical approach to the study of medical care and illustrates the usefulness of economics to the understanding of public policy issues in medical care. Applications are supported by real-life examples. The emphasis is on financing and delivery of personal medical services, reflecting current policy issues, and federal and state legislation. This is a comprehensive survey of the definition, measurement, and selection of public policies to achieve economic efficiency and equity in the financing and delivery of personal medical services. The previous edition of this book was published in 1983.
Table of Contents
- An introduction to the economics of medical care
- the production of health: the impact of medical services on health
- an overview of the medical care sector
- measuring changes in the price of medical care
- the demand for medical care
- the demand for health insurance
- the supply of medical care - an overview
- the market for health insurance - its performance and structure
- the physician services market
- the market for hospital services
- relying on regulation to improve performance
- market competition in medical care
- health manpower shortage and surpluses - definitions, measurement, and policies
- the market for physician manpower
- the market for medical education - equity and efficiency
- the market for registered nurses
- the pharmaceutical industry
- the political economy of health care
- the role of government in health and medical care
- national health insurance - an approach to the redistribution of medical care
- the market of long-term care services
- concluding comments on the economics of medical care. Apppendix.
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