The 8th edition of this key textbook has been revised and updated throughout, and reflects changes since the implementation of the PPACP. It also revises its treatment of healthy insurance, and introduces the important literature on social capital as it applies to individual and public health. Written from the perspective of professional economists, it organizes topics in sections: Basic Economics Tools; Supply and Demand; Information and Insurance Markets; Key Players (hospitals, physicians, labor markets, pharmaceutical industry); Social Insurance; and Special topics (economic bads, and social capital)
作者介紹
作者簡介
Sherman Folland
現職:Oakland University
Allen C. Goodman
現職:Wayne State University
Miron Stano
現職:Oakland University
目錄
Ch 1 Introduction
Ch 2 Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics
Ch 3 Statistical Tools for Health Economics
Ch 4 Economic Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Ch 5 Production of Health
Ch 6 The Production, Cost, and Technology of Health Care
Ch 7 Demand for Health Capital
Ch 8 Demand and Supply of Health Insurance
Ch 9 Consumer Choice and Demand
Ch10 Asymmetric Information and Agency
Ch11 The Organization of Health Insurance Markets
Ch12 Managed Care
Ch13 Nonprofit Firms
Ch14 Hospitals and Long-Term Care
Ch15 The Physician’s Practice
Ch16 Health Care Labor Markets and Professional Training
Ch17 The Pharmaceutical Industry
Ch18 Equity, Efficiency, and Need
Ch19 Government Intervention in Health Care Markets
Ch20 Social Insurance
Ch21 Comparative Health Care Systems
Ch22 Health System Reform
Ch23 The Health Economics of Bads
Ch24 The Economics of Social Capital and Health