Health Economics and Financing

The latest edition of the gold standard in the economics and financing of health care
 
In the newly revised Sixth Edition of Health Economics and Financing, an expert team of authors delivers an authoritative discussion of key topics in the economic and finance issues relevant to health care. From cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to the economic considerations driving the choices of physicians, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies, the book explores the influence of financial considerations - both public and private - that remain front-of-mind for modern health care decision makers.

List of contents

Preface xix
 
Acknowledgments xxiii
 
About the Authors xxv
 
Foreword xxvii
 
1 Choices: Money, Medicine, and Health 1
 
2 Demand and Supply 20
 
3 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 40
 
4 Financing Medical Care: Health Insurance Contracts: Managed Care 63
 
5 Physicians 98
 
6 Medical Education, Organization, and Business Practices 116
 
7 Hospitals 136
 
8 Management and Regulation of Hospital Costs 151
 
9 Long-Term Care 170
 
10 Pharmaceuticals 188
 
11 Financing and Ownership of Health Care Providers 207
 
12 History, Demography, and the Growth of Modern Medicine 229
 
13 Macroeconomics of Medical Care 254
 
14 The Role of Government and Public Goods 279
 
15 International Comparisons of Health and Health Expenditures 308
 
16 Value for Money in the Future of Health Care 325
 
Glossary G-1
 
Index I-1

Product details

• Authors: Thomas E Getzen, Thomas E. Getzen, Thomas E. (Temple University) Kobernick Getzen, Getzen Thomas E., Michael S Kobernick, Michael S. Kobernick
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2022
• EAN: 9781119815686
• ISBN: 978-1-119-81568-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Volkswirtschaftslehre, Economics, Gesundheitsökonomie, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Popular medicine and health, Health systems and services, Industry and industrial studies, Economics of Health & Social Care, Ökonomie im Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Healthcare