Health economics /
Phelps, Charles E.
Health economics / Charles E. Phelps. - 6th edition. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 - xvi, 508 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Insurance, Health
Health Services Needs and Demand
W 74 / .P44 2018
Health economics / Charles E. Phelps. - 6th edition. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 - xvi, 508 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Insurance, Health
Health Services Needs and Demand
W 74 / .P44 2018