Product Description

Folland is the best-selling Heath Care Economics text that teaches through core economic themes rather than concepts unique to the health care economy.

Students who take the Health Care Economics course may or may not have ample background in Economics.  Folland’s text is organized such that core Economics concepts are the backbone of the Heath Care content coverage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160761 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 648 pages

From the Back Cover

This best-selling comprehensive introduction to the economics of health and health care thoroughly develops and explains economic ideas and models and reflects the full spectrum of the most current health economics literature. It provides students with a solid working knowledge of the analytical tools of economics and econometrics as applied to contemporary health care issues.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Totally re-written chapter on managed care.
• New analyses on "who pays" for health insurance.
• New chapter on economic "bads" (Chapter 25). Most analyses look at things that are good for us - "bad" items such as cigarettes are usually not covered.
• New chapter on pharmaceuticals (Chapter 26). Rather than a simple "industry study," the text examines portions of the pharmaceutical industry with important economic content. These include questions as to the optimal combinations of drug therapies and other economic technologies, patent protection issues, and price discrimination by pharmaceutical firms.

For more information visit us at www.prenhall.com/folland

Customer Reviews

Excellent Introductory Book( a reader from Tel Aviv)
I have read with much interest Folland's book and I found it to be very easy reading introductory book on health economics.
Anyone trying to improve its knowledge on health economics issues will find the book valuable. The language is not technical and its content is easily understandable. The issues are clarified and explained with a minimum of jargon and the book is accessible to non - economists as well while maintaing rigurous scientific focus.
In conclusion - a great book.