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060			_aW 74 _b.P44 2010
100			_aPhelps, Charles E.
245		0	_aHealth economics / _cCharles E. Phelps.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAddison-Wesley, _cc2010.
300			_axvi, 640 p. : _bill.
490			_aAddison-Wesley series in economics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 595-621) 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 and technical change in health care -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.
650			_aEconomics, Medical
650			_aInsurance, Health
650			_aDelivery of Health Care
942			_bDMC _cBK
999			_c15192 _d15192