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050			_aRA 410.53 .B73 2010
100			_aBraverman, Jordan. _eauthor
245		0	_aHealth economics / _cJordan Braverman.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom : _bPharmaceutical Press, _cc2010
300			_axx, 359 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
365			_bUSD2998
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart 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.
520			_aThis 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
650			_aMEDICAL CARE, COST OF
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