Folland, Sherman. <br/><br/>
The economics of health and health care / 
Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - Boston :  Prentice Hall,   c2010. 
 - xxii, 601 p. :  ill. ;   26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Microeconomic tools for health economics -- Statistical tools for he alth economics -- Economic efficiency and cost-benefit analysis -- Prod uction of health -- The production, cost, and technology of health care -- Demand for health capital -- Demand and supply of health insurance -- Consumer choice and demand -- Asymmetric information and agency -- T he organization of health insurance markets -- Managed care -- Nonprofi t firms -- Hospitals and long-term care -- The physician's practice -- Health care labor markets and professional training -- The pharmaceutic al industry -- Equity, efficiency, and need -- Government intervention in health care markets -- Government regulation : principal regulatory mechanisms -- Social insurance -- Comparative health care systems -- He alth system reform -- The health economics of bads -- Epidemiology and economics : HIV/AIDS in Africa. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780136080305 (casebound : alk. paper) 0136080308 (casebound : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009-023023 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical economics.<br/> Economics, Medical.<br/> Government Regulation.<br/> Health Care Reform-- economics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/73621