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Phelps, Charles E.

Health economics / Charles E. Phelps. - Sixth edition - Boston : Pearson, 2018. - xvi, 507 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-523) 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 and technical change in health care -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems.



ISBN: 9781138207981

LCCN: 2012000860

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics, Medical--United States.
Financial Management, Hospital--economics--United States.
Health Policy--economics--United States.
Insurance, Health--economics--United States.
Marketing of Health Services--economics--United States.

LC Class. No.: RA410 / .P48 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4/73621 P538h 2018

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 74 AA1