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050			_aRA 410 .G48 2004
100			_aGetzen, Thomas E. _eauthor
245		0	_aHealth economics : _bfundamentals and flow of funds / _cThomas E. Getzen.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bWiley, _cc2004
300			_axxiv, 438 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Terms of trade: the flow of funds through the health care system -- 2. Demand -- 3. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis -- 4. Insurance -- 5. Insurance contracts and managed care -- 6. Physicians -- 7. Medical education, organziation, and business practices -- 8. Hospitals -- 9. Management and regulation of hospital costs -- 10. Managed care -- 11. Long-term care -- 12. Pharmaceuticals -- 13. Introduction to the macroeconomics of health -- 14. The role of government -- 15. Public goods and public health -- 16. Economic history, population growth, and medical care -- 17. International comparisons of health and health expenditures -- 18. Dynamics of national health spending -- 19. Value for money in the future of health care.
520			_aA practical primer to the dynamic field of health economics. Written by Thomas Getzen, a leading academic and practitioner, and currently Director of the International Health Economics Association, this complete, accessible text introduces students to the economic analysis of medical markets and the production of health. Updated and revised with new cases and the latest developments in the field, the new Second Edition traces the economic rationale and development of the medical care organization. It thoroughly introduces students to the principles and concepts of health economics without requiring prolonged preparatory work or extensive mathematical manipulation.
650			_aMEDICAL ECONOMICS
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