Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-0-19-510813-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Health Economics is the most thorough book available on the economics of health and health care delivery. Developing the theory necessary to examine these issues analytically, the authors present empirical evidence on each issue, summarizing results for easy comprehension. Issues discussed include the "cost explosion" in health care, the role of physician and the power of medical associations, and the control of technological change in medicine. Because the level of sophistication is rapidly expanding in health economics, this book also provides key analytic tools required to understand research that is currently in progress.
This is a rigorous, primarily graduate-level text, on the economics of health and health-care delivery. Unique for a book at this level is a full chapter on "The Market for Pharmaceuticals". Peter Zweifel, co-author and translator, has added to the English Edition many examples from the US health care system.
