Screen LibraryThe economics of health and medical care
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers
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| Publisher Address: | Sudbury, MA. |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | vi, 438 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0763725951 |
| Index Number: | R |
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R-05 R199.712 |
| Call Number: | R-05/J174/5th.ed. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Descriptive economics. Output of the health care sector -- Economic dimensions of the health care system -- Explanatory economics. Demand for medical care : a simple model -- Additional topics in the demand for health and medical care -- Health care production and costs -- Behavior of supply -- Provider payment --Competative markets -- Market power in health care -- Health insurance -- The labor market -- Evaluative economics. Value judgments and economic evaluation -- Financing health care -- Public health insurance -- Reform of the health care market --Regulation and antitrust policy in he |