TY - BOOK AU - Phelps,Charles E. TI - Health economics SN - 9781138207981 AV - RA410 .P48 2018 U1 - 338.4/73621 P538h 2018 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Economics, Medical KW - United States KW - Financial Management, Hospital KW - economics KW - Health Policy KW - Insurance, Health KW - Marketing of Health Services N1 - 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; Economics ER -