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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781284054620
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284054620
• Author:  Diane M. Dewar

Essentials of Health Economics, Second Edition examines the public health care system through the lens of economic theory. Through the use of numerous examples and profiles related to the field, students will learn the importance health economics and its relevance to more general analysis of health policy issues. This text is ideal for courses in programs of public health, health administration, and allied health professions as it conveys the essence of the economic issues at hand while avoiding complicated methodological issues that would interest only students of economics. Written with the non-specialist in mind, the book focuses on how to do descriptive, explanatory and evaluative economics in a systematic way.

Table of contents:

• Part  I  What is Health Economics?
•   Chapter  1  Overview of the U.S. Health Care System
•   Chapter  2  The Role of Economics
• Part  II  Health Care Markets
•   Chapter  3  The Competitive Market
•   Chapter  4  Noncompetitive Market Models and Market Failures
•   Chapter  5  The Role of Government
• Part  III  Demand
•   Chapter  6  The Demand for Health
•   Chapter  7  The Demand for Health Care
•   Chapter  8  The Market for Health Insurance
•   Chapter  9  Health Disparities
• Part  IV  Supply
•   Chapter  10  Health Care Supply
•   Chapter  11  Health Care Production and Costs
•   Chapter  12  The Health Care Workforce Market
•   Chapter  13  Technology Transfer in Health Care
• Part  V  Evaluating the Health Care System
•   Chapter  14  Economic Evaluation Methods
•   Chapter  15  Comparing Health Care Systems
•   Chapter  16  International Health System Issues and Reforms
•   Chapter  17  National and State Health Care Reforms
•   Chapter  18  Public Policy and Health Economics