Description: Part One: Basic Economics Tools 1. Introduction 2. Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics 3. Statistical Tools for Health Economics 4. Economic Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis Part Two: Supply and Demand 5. Production of Health 6. The Production, Cost, and Technology of Health Care 7. Demand for Health Capital 8. Demand and Supply of Health Insurance 9. Consumer Choice and Demand Part Three: Information and Insurance Markets 10. Asymmetric Information and Agency 11. The Organization of Health Insurance Markets 12. Managed Care 13. Nonprofit Firms Part Four: Key Players in the Health Care Sector 14. Hospitals and Long-Term Care 15. The Physician's Practice 16. Health Care Labor Markets and Professional Training 17. The Pharmaceutical Industry Part Five: Social Insurance 18. Equity, Efficiency, and Need 19. Government Regulation: Principal Regulatory Mechanisms 20. Social Insurance 21. Comparative Health Care Systems 22. Health System Reform Part Six: Special Topics 23. The Health Economics of Bads 24. Epidemiology and Economics: HIV/AIDS in Africa

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