Economics of Health and Health Care (5th Edition)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 648 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall
• Edition: 5th Edition July 24, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0132279428
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0132279420
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Product Description
This clear, step-by-step best-selling introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models to reflect the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. This book uses core economic themes as basic as supply and demand, as ageless as technology or labor issues, and as modern as the economics of information. Chapter topics include health care, health capital, information, health insurance markets, managed care, nonprofit firms, hospitals, physicians and labor, the pharmaceutical industry, government intervention and regulation, and epidemiology and economics. Useful as a reference work for health service researchers, government specialists, and physicians and others in the health care field.

Publisher Description
This comprehensive introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models and reflects the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. It provides students with a solid working knowledge of the analytical tools of economics and econometrics as applied to contemporary health care issues. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Economics of Health and Health Care, The (4th Edition) (Prentice-Hall Series in Economics) (Hardcover) As with all economics textbooks and the subject of economics in general, this book is a bit dry. That said however, it's quite thorough in its coverage of how consumers, producers, and insurers make decisions about health and health care. It gives explanations that are rather simple to understand and goes in depth as far as would be considered normal for a 300 level elective course. I should probably note that my instructor is one of the book's authors, so take my review how you will.