Phelps, Charles E. <br/><br/>
Health economics / 
Charles E. Phelps. 
 - New York, NY :  HarperCollins Publishers,  c1992. 
 - xv, 559 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Contents;<br/><br/>1. Why health economics?<br/>2. An overview of how markets interrelate in medical and health insurance <br/>3. The transformation of medical care to health <br/>4. The demand for medical care: Conceptual framework<br/>5. Empirical studies of medical care demand and applications <br/>6. The physician <br/>7. Physicians in the marketplace <br/>8. The hospital as a supplier of medical care <br/>9. Hospitals in the marketplace <br/>11. The demand for health insurance <br/>12. Government provision of health insurance: Medicare and its revisions <br/>13. Other government care programs <br/>14. Medical malpractice <br/>15. Externalities in health and medical care <br/>16. Regulation in the U.S. health care sector <br/>17. International comparisons of health care <br/><br/><br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780673387462 0673387461  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91020910  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical economics.<br/>Delivery of Health Care--economics.<br/>Economics, Medical.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4336  / PHE