TY - BOOK AU - Braverman, Jordan. TI - Health economics SN - 9780853698678 AV - RA 410.53 .B73 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Pharmaceutical Press KW - MEDICAL CARE, COST OF N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; Brief history of economic thought; History of health care costs in USA; Overview of health care costs in USA; The reasons for health care crisis; Part 2; Health planning; Technology; Hospital care; Prescription drugs; Nursing home care; Home care; Medicare/Medicaid; Physician services; Private health insurance; Managed care; National health insurance N2 - This text acquaints students with the economic issues within healthcare today in the USA. It does so in terms of costs, affordability, the historical development, the magnitude of the economic crisis and contributing factors such as technology, drugs, and hospital care ER -