Health Economics

ISBN-13: 9781138207981 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 526 str.

Charles E. Phelps; Charles Phelps

Opis

Health Economics combines current economic theory, recent research, and health policy problems into a comprehensive overview of the field. This 6^th edition offers a thorough update of a classic and widely used text. Accessible and intuitive, early chapters use recent empirical studies to develop essential methodological foundations. Later chapters build on these core concepts to focus on key policy areas. Key changes to this edition include: additional discussion of the consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), in light of current political changes; extensive discussion of quality measures; more discussion of preventive services; a new section on drug markets and regulation; discussion of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs); and new references and problem sets.

O autorze

Charles E. Phelps, PhD, has contributed to the field of health economics at the RAND Corporation (1971–1984) and the University of Rochester (1984–2010), USA. Now retired from the faculty, he continues through work with the National Academy of Medicine (to which he was elected in 1991) and various consulting arrangements. He has supervised 35 doctoral candidates across the fields of economics, political science, public policy, statistics, and nursing.