The Health Care Marketplace

In this wide-ranging book, Warren Greenberg surveys the health care industry using the economics of industrial organization approach. By doing so, the author provides the reader with an understanding of the differences between health care and other industries in the economy. As a result, this book will be ideal for students in health care economy and policy who need to gain an understanding of this, the single largest sector of the economy.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to the Economics of Health Care.- 2. Physician Services Industry.- 3. Hospital Industry.- 4. Insurance, Managed Care, and System Integration.- 5. Employer and Employee as Purchasers of Health Care Services.- 6. Health Insurance in the Public Sector.- 7. Long-Term Care Industry.- 8. Antitrust in the Health Care Sector.- 9. Regulation and Competition in Health Care.- 10. Technology and Rationing in Health Care.- 11. Insights from Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands.