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January 01, 2004
Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds, Second Edition
Author: Thomas E. Getzen, Temple University
ISBN: 0-471-43203-2
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
A primer for the field, written by Professor Thomas Getzen, Executive Director of the International Health Economics Association. This text is comprehensive and accessible, providing a readable and rigorous conceptual framework for studying incentives, organizations and profits in medical care. Updated with new material on the calculation of payment rates (RBRVS and DRGS), flow of funds and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, and international contributions on health financing policy in Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland and the Sudan.
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Getzen Text
ISBN: 0-471-43203-2
Chapter List
- Terms of Trade: The Flow of Funds Through the Health Care System
- Demand
- Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Insurance
- Contracting
- Physicians, Licensure, Medical Education and Business Practices
- Hospitals and Cost Functions
- Managed Care, Risk, Capital and Competition
- Long-term Care
- Pharmaceuticals
- Macroeconomics, Government, Public Goods and Public Health
- Economic History: Income, Population Growth and Medical Care
- International Comparisons of Health Systems and Expenditures
- Dynamics of National Health Spending and Employment
- Value for Money in the Future of Medical Care
