Phelps, Charles E., <br/><br/>
Health economics/ 
Charles E. Phelps. 
 - 6th edition. 
 - 508 p.  HB 
<br/><br/>Why health economics? -- Utility and health -- The transformation of medical care to health -- The demand for medical care : conceptual framework -- Empirical studies of medical care demand and applications -- The physician and the physician-firm -- Physicians in the marketplace -- The hospital as a supplier of medical care -- Hospitals in the marketplace -- The demand for health insurance -- Health insurance supply and managed care -- Government provision of health insurance -- Medical malpractice -- Externalities in health and medical care -- Managing the market : regulation, quality certification, and technical change -- Universal insurance issues and international comparisons of health care systems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138207981 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics, Medical<br/>Health Services Needs and Demand--economics<br/>Insurance, Health--economics<br/>Financial Management, Hospital--economics<br/>Marketing of Health Services--economics<br/>Health Policy--economics
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.473621  / PHE/H