Health economics

by Santerre, Rexford E.

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Title Statements

Full title :Health economics / Rexford E. Santerre and Stephen P. Neun.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:6th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cengage Learning [distributor], South-Western
Place of Publication:Mason, Ohio
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 552 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781111822729, 1111822727
oclc:ocn812486629
LC Classification:RA410
Dewey Decimal:338.473621

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- What Is Health Economics? -- The Four Basic Questions -- Production and Allocative Efficiency and the Production Possibilities Curve -- The Distribution Question -- Implications of the Four Basic Questions -- Taking the Pulse of the Health Economy -- Medical Care Costs -- Uses of Medical Funds -- Sources of Medical Funds -- Amount of Medical Care Spending -- Medical Care Access -- Medical Care Quality -- A Note on the Relation between System Structure and Performance -- A Brief Note on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 -- Summary -- Review Questions and Problems -- References -- Appendix 1 Economic Models and Empirical Testing -- Economic Models -- Positive versus Normative Analysis -- Empirical Testing -- Association versus Causation -- Summary -- Review Questions and Problems -- References -- ch. 2 Health and Medical Care: An Economic Perspective -- What Is Health?

Contents note continued: Why Good Health? Utility Analysis -- What Is Medical Care? -- The Production of Good Health -- Empirical Evidence on the Production of Health in the United States -- The Determinants of Health among Nonelderly Adults …