"Health Economics and Financing is a primer for the economic analysis of medical markets. Its intended audiences are … students of medicine, public health, policy, and administration who wish to engage the central economic issues of their field … techniques but lack knowledge of the many institutional features that make the study of health and health care so unique and …

applied to health and medical care. Health care is by far the largest industry in the United States. It is three times larger …, physicians, drugs and other health care services and goods. Other high-income democracies spend one third less, enjoy three more … edition is followed by supplementary readings on such subjects as: "Social Determinants of Health: Caveats and Nuances", "The …

The challenge of health care delivery and health policy -- Organization of care -- Government and health insurance … : the policy process -- Comparative health systems -- Population health -- Public health : a transformation for the 21st … century -- Health and behavior -- Vulnerable populations : meeting the health needs of populations -- Facing health …