The Economics of Health and Health Care

Folland is the bestselling Health Care Economics text that teaches through core economic themes, rather than concepts unique to the health care economy.

This edition contains revised and updated data tables, where applicable. The advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010 has also led to changes in many chapters , most notably in the organization and focus of Chapter 16.

NEW! Offer the latest information:
• Information on the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA).
• Chapter 7 on health capital includes a new section on obesity.
• Chapter 17 provides major updates on changes in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Chapter 21 (Social Insurance) continues with the most up-to-date evaluations of the Medicare Part D drug benefit.
• Chapter 22 presents a new section on the Chinese economy.
• Chapter 23 covers health care reform, and takes a careful look at PPACA.
• Chapter 25: Epidemiology and Economics: HIV/AIDS in Africa has been updated.

◎作者：Sherman Folland
　現職：Oakland University

◎作者：Allen C. Goodman
　現職：Wayne State University

◎作者：Miron Stano
　現職：Oakland University

PART I: Basic Economics Tools
Ch 1 Introduction
Ch 2 Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics
Ch 3 Statistical Tools for Health Economics
Ch 4 Economic Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis

PART II: Supply and Demand
Ch 5 Production of Health
Ch 6 The Production, Cost, and Technology of Health Care
Ch 7 Demand for Health Capital
Ch 8 Demand and Supply of Health Insurance
Ch 9 Consumer Choice and Demand

PART III: Information and Insurance Markets
Ch10 Asymmetric Information and Agency
Ch11 The Organization of Health Insurance Markets
Ch12 Managed Care
Ch13 Nonprofit Firms

PART IV: Key Players in the Health Care Sector
Ch14 Hospitals and Long-Term Care
Ch15 The Physician’s Practice
Ch16 Health Care Labor Markets and Professional Training
Ch17 The Pharmaceutical Industry

PART V: Social Insurance
Ch18 Equity, Efficiency, and Need
Ch19 Government Intervention in Health Care Markets
Ch20 Government Regulation: Principal Regulatory Mechanisms
Ch21 Social Insurance
Ch22 Comparative Health Care Systems
Ch23 Health System Reform

PART VI: Special Topics
Ch24 The Health Economics of Bads
Ch25 Epidemiology and Economics: HIV/AIDS in Africa