Written in an informal and easy-going style suitable for a wide range of readers, this textbook uses real-world examples to teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance and explain the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. A complete one-stop-shop for learning about the economics of healthcare.
Written in an informal and easy-going style suitable for a wide range of readers, this textbook uses real-world examples to teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance and explain the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. A complete one-stop-shop for learning about the economics of healthcare.
Andrew Friedson is Director of Health Economics for the Research Department at the Milken Institute. Prior to this he taught undergraduate and graduate health economics at the University of Colorado Denver for over a decade. He has received numerous teaching and research award nominations, and won the 2015 National Tax Association's Richard Musgrave Prize, as well as an Impact Award as part of CU Denver's 2021 Pandemic Research and Creative Activities Awards. His research on public health insurance, cost of care provision, medical malpractice, risky health behaviours, and public health regulations has been covered in media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and The Economist, as well as academic publications including Health Economics, the Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal Health Economics.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Patients: 1. How Economists View Human Behavior 2. Where Does Health Come From? 3. Demand for Medical Care 4. Health Insurance and Demand for Medical Care 5. Evaluating Evidence Part II. Providers: 6. Provider Firms 7. The Medical Labor Force 8. Providers and Incentives 9. Hospitals Part III. Health Insurers: 10. Health Insurance as a Product 11. Adverse Selection 12. Prices 13. Managed Care 14. Public Insurance Part IV. The Sector at Large 15. Pharmaceuticals 16. Externalities 17. Medical Malpractice 18. Inequality 19. International Comparisons.
Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Patients: 1. How Economists View Human Behavior 2. Where Does Health Come From? 3. Demand for Medical Care 4. Health Insurance and Demand for Medical Care 5. Evaluating Evidence Part II. Providers: 6. Provider Firms 7. The Medical Labor Force 8. Providers and Incentives 9. Hospitals Part III. Health Insurers: 10. Health Insurance as a Product 11. Adverse Selection 12. Prices 13. Managed Care 14. Public Insurance Part IV. The Sector at Large 15. Pharmaceuticals 16. Externalities 17. Medical Malpractice 18. Inequality 19. International Comparisons.
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