"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 …

. RESEARCH IN PAYMENT FOR MEDICAL CARE -- CHAPTER II. SOURCE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES USED FOR THE STUDY -- Part II: HEALTH …, MEDICAL CARE, AND PAYMENT -- CHAPTER III: THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH -- CHAPTER IV. PREVALENCE OF ILLNESS -- CHAPTER V. MEDICAL … -- CHAPTER XXV. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES -- Part VI: PROBLEM AREAS -- CHAPTER XXVI. SPECIAL GROUPS -- CHAPTER …