The Economics of Health Reconsidered, Third Edition

THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH RECONSIDERED......Page 4
COPYRIGHT PAGE......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 6
BRIEF CONTENTS......Page 8
DETAILED CONTENTS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION......Page 16
PART I: INTRODUCTION......Page 18
CHAPTER 1: WHY SHOULD THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH BE RECONSIDERED?......Page 20
CHAPTER 2: THE TRADITIONAL COMPETITIVE MODEL......Page 26
CHAPTER 3: ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT......Page 64
PART II. DEMAND......Page 72
CHAPTER 4: DEMAND FOR HEALTH, INSURANCE, AND SERVICES......Page 74
CHAPTER 5: SPECIAL TOPICS IN DEMAND: EXTERNALITIES OF CONSUMPTION AND THE FORMATION OF PREFERENCES......Page 138
PART III: SUPPLY......Page 176
CHAPTER 6: HOW COMPETITIVE IS THE SUPPLY OF HEALTHCARE?......Page 178
CHAPTER 7: THE PROFIT MOTIVE IN HEALTHCARE......Page 216
CHAPTER 8: THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE......Page 254
PART IV: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT......Page 306
CHAPTER 9: EQUITY AND REDISTRIBUTION......Page 308
CHAPTER 10: HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: ORGANIZATION, OUTCOMES, COSTS, AND LESSONS......Page 334
CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSION......Page 388
APPENDIX: OVERVIEW OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OF TEN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES......Page 392
REFERENCES......Page 418
INDEX......Page 474
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 492