Economics of healthcare: a brief introduction

By:

Friedson, Andrew

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge University Press New York 2024Description: xviii, 252 pISBN:

9781009258432

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.433621 FRI

Summary: An approachable beginner's guide to health economics that brings the economist's way of viewing the world to bear on the fundamentals of the US healthcare system. The conversational writing style, with occasional doses of humour, allows students to see how applicable economic reasoning can be to unpacking some of the sector's thorniest issues, while accessible real-world examples teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance, as well as the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. Many chapters are enhanced by 'Supplements' that offer how-to guides to tools commonly used by health economists, and economists more generally. They help form the basic 'economist's toolbox' for readers with no prior training in economics, and offer deeper dives into interesting related material. A test bank and lectures slides are available online for instructors, alongside additional resources and readings for students, taken from popular media and health care and policy journals. (https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/economics-of-healthcare/5BFC30228E3AF893A551339ECCB8F03B#overview)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Table of contents:
Part I: Patients
Chapter 1: How Economists View Human Behavior
Chapter 2: Where Does Health Come From?
Chapter 3: Demand for Medical Care
Chapter 4: Health Insurance and Demand for Medical Care
Chapter 5: Evaluating Evidence
Part II: Providers
Chapter 6: Provider-Firms and the Market
Chapter 7: The Healthcare Labor Force
Chapter 8: Providers and Incentives
Chapter 9: Hospitals
Part III: Health Insurers
Chapter 10: Health Insurance as a Product
Chapter 11: Adverse Selection
Chapter 12: Prices
Chapter 13: Managed Care
Chapter 14: Public Insurance
Part IV: The Sector at Large
Chapter 15: Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 16: Externalities
Chapter 17: Medical Malpractice
Chapter 18: Inequality
Chapter 19: International Comparisons
References
Index

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An approachable beginner's guide to health economics that brings the economist's way of viewing the world to bear on the fundamentals of the US healthcare system. The conversational writing style, with occasional doses of humour, allows students to see how applicable economic reasoning can be to unpacking some of the sector's thorniest issues, while accessible real-world examples teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance, as well as the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. Many chapters are enhanced by 'Supplements' that offer how-to guides to tools commonly used by health economists, and economists more generally. They help form the basic 'economist's toolbox' for readers with no prior training in economics, and offer deeper dives into interesting related material. A test bank and lectures slides are available online for instructors, alongside additional resources and readings for students, taken from popular media and health care and policy journals.

(https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/economics-of-healthcare/5BFC30228E3AF893A551339ECCB8F03B#overview)

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