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020			_a9781138207981 (hbk.)
060			_aW 74 _b.P44 2018
100			_aPhelps, Charles E.
245		0	_aHealth economics / _cCharles E. Phelps.
250			_a6th edition.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2018
300			_axvi, 508 pages : _billustrations
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aWhy 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.
650			_aEconomics, Medical
650			_aInsurance, Health
650			_aHealth Services Needs and Demand
942			_bDMC _cBK
999			_c15169 _d15169