Economics for healthcare managers

Cover
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
List of Cases
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Chapter 1 - Why Health Economics?
Chapter 2 - An Overview of the US Healthcare System
Chapter 3 - An Overview of the Healthcare Financing System
Chapter 4 - Describing, Evaluting, and Managing Risk
Chapter 5 - Understanding Costs
Chapter 6 - Realizing the Triple Aim
Chapter7 - The Demand for Healthcare Products
Chapter 8 - Elasticities
Chapter 9 - Forecasting
Chapter 10 - Supply and Demand Analysis
Chapter 11 - Maximizing Profits
Chapter 12 - Pricing
Chapter 13 - Asymmetric Information and Incentives
Chapter 14 - Economic Analysis of Clinical and Managerial Interventions
Chapter 15 - Profits, Market Structure, and Market Power
Chapter 16 - Government Intervention in Healthcare Markets
Chapter 17 - Regulation
Chapter 18 - Behavioral Economics
Answers to Select Chapter Exercises
Glossary
Index
About the Author