Health Care Economics

Health Care Economics

Thomas E. Getzen John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0-471-79076-1 E-ISBN: 978-0-470-26227-6
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Table of Contents

  • Front Matter
  • 1 The Flow of Funds Through the Health Care System: Applying Economic Principles to Health Care
  • 2 Economic Evaluation of Health Services: The Supply and Demand of Health Care
  • 3 Cost–Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Making the Most of Limited Funds
  • 4 Health Insurance: The Benefits of Risk Pooling
  • 5 Insurance Contracts: The Flow of Funds in the Insurance Industry
  • 6 Physicians: The Economics of Practicing Medicine
  • 7 Physician Organization and Business Practice: The Physician Marketplace
  • 8 Hospitals: Sources and Uses of Funds
  • 9 Hospital Costs: Management and Regulation
  • 10 Managed Care: The HMO Revolution
  • 11 Long Term Care: Nursing Homes and Other Elderly Care
  • 12 Pharmaceuticals:1 The Prescription Drug Marketplace
  • 13 International Comparisons of Health and Health Expenditures: A Global Perspective
  • 14 Dynamics of Health Spending: The Present and Future of Health Care Economics
  • Back Matter

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