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The economics of health and health care
- Title
- The economics of health and health care / Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano.
- Author
- Folland, Sherman.
- Publication
- New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1993], ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RA410 .F65 1993 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 726 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Economics of health & health care.
- Subjects
- Note
- Cover title: The economics of health & health care.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 682-705) and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Basic Economic Tools -- Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics. Ch. 3. Statistical Tools for Health Economics -- Pt. II. Supply and Demand. Ch. 4. The Production of Health. Ch. 5. Demand for Health Capital. Ch. 6. Information: Asymmetric Information and Agency. Ch. 7. Consumer Choice and Demand. Ch. 8. Information: Inperfect Agency and Supplier-Induced Demand. Ch. 9. Health, Health Care and Advertising -- Pt. III. Insurance and Organization of Health Providers. Ch. 10. Insurance. Ch. 11. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). Ch. 12. The Production and Cost of Health Care -- Pt. IV. Technology. Ch. 13. The Role of Nonprofit Firms. Ch. 14. Technology. Ch. 15. Information: Physician Uncertainty and Small Area Variations -- Pt. V. Social Insurance. Ch. 16. Equity, Efficiency, and Need. Ch. 17. Social Insurance. Ch. 18. Comparative Health Care Systems -- Pt. VI. Labor. Ch. 19. Labor Markets and Professional Training. Ch. 20. The Training and Practice of Physicians.
- Pt. VII. Regulation and Competition. Ch. 21. Government Intervention in Health Care Markets and an Introduction to Regulation. Ch. 22. Regulation of the Hospital Sector. Ch. 23. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Applications to Health Care. Ch. 24. Antitrust in Health Care.
- ISBN
- 0023385308
- LCCN
- 92049839
- OCLC
- 26219363
- ocm26219363
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries