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Basic economic tools
Introduction
Microeconomic tools for health economics
Statistical tools for health economics
Supply and demand
Production of health
Demand for health capital
Information: asymmetric information and agency
Consumer choice and demand
Information: inperfect agency and supplier-induced demand
Health, health care and advertising
Insurance and organization of health providers
Insurance
Health maintenance organizations (HMO's)
Production and cost of health care
Technology
Role of nonprofit firms
Technology
Information: physician uncertainty and small area variations
Social insurance
Equity, efficiency, and need
Social insurance
Comparative health care systems
Labor
Labor markets and professional training
Training and practice of physicians
Regulation and competition
Government intervention in health care markets and an introduction to regulation
Regulation of the hospital sector
Cost-benefit analysis and applications to health care
Antitrust in health care.
Introduction
Microeconomic tools for health economics
Statistical tools for health economics
Supply and demand
Production of health
Demand for health capital
Information: asymmetric information and agency
Consumer choice and demand
Information: inperfect agency and supplier-induced demand
Health, health care and advertising
Insurance and organization of health providers
Insurance
Health maintenance organizations (HMO's)
Production and cost of health care
Technology
Role of nonprofit firms
Technology
Information: physician uncertainty and small area variations
Social insurance
Equity, efficiency, and need
Social insurance
Comparative health care systems
Labor
Labor markets and professional training
Training and practice of physicians
Regulation and competition
Government intervention in health care markets and an introduction to regulation
Regulation of the hospital sector
Cost-benefit analysis and applications to health care
Antitrust in health care.