商品簡介
In this text for non-economics and economics majors and graduate students, Henderson shows how economic principles apply to health care delivery and policies. He details the mechanisms of delivery in the US within the broader context; the changing nature of care and its implications for medical practice, education and research, and policy; and health care public policy from an economic perspective. He surveys the health care industry with a focus on economic issues that affect delivery and finance, then addresses the demand side of the market and influential factors, observed patterns in care quality and pricing, the insurance market, the efficiency of alternative health care delivery systems in containing costs, and a new option, the consumer directed health plan. He follows with the supply side and the market for health care practitioners and changes in the sector that influence them, the markets for nurses and dentists, major theories of hospital behavior and the role of nonprofit hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry and challenges facing drug and device innovators and their markets, and factors that contribute to high spending. The final section looks at health policy and its economic implications. This edition has chapter openings on specific issues, new issues in delivery, new case studies on the cost effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccinations and mammography screening, and a reworked section on the uninsured. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
