02462nam a22003131i 4500 UkCbUP 20251022154439.0 220215s2024 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781009258463 9781009258456 9781009258432 English 338.473 23/eng/20231018 FRI Friedson, Andrew, author. Economics of healthcare : a brief introduction / Andrew Friedson. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. xviii, 252 pages : Includes bibliographical references and index. How economists view human behavior -- Where does health come from? -- Demand for medical care -- Health insurance and demand for medical care -- Evaluating evidence -- Provider firms -- The medical labor force -- Providers and incentives -- Hospitals -- Health insurance as a product -- Adverse selection -- Prices -- Managed care -- Public insurance -- Pharmaceuticals -- Externalities -- Medical malpractice -- Inequality -- International comparisons. Access restricted to subscribing institutions. An approachable beginner's guide to health economics that brings the economist's way of viewing the world to bear on the fundamentals of the US healthcare system. The conversational writing style, with occasional doses of humour, allows students to see how applicable economic reasoning can be to unpacking some of the sector's thorniest issues, while accessible real-world examples teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance, as well as the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. Many chapters are enhanced by 'Supplements' that offer how-to guides to tools commonly used by health economists, and economists more generally. They help form the basic 'economist's toolbox' for readers with no prior training in economics, and offer deeper dives into interesting related material. A test bank and lectures slides are available online for instructors, alongside additional resources and readings for students, taken from popular media and health care and policy journals. Medical economics. Print version: 9781009258456. https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009258463 Connect to resource .b41271440 ddc BOOKS 46008 46008 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC CUTN CUTN 300 2025-10-22 0 338.473 FRI 54572 2025-10-22 15:46:24 2025-10-22 BOOKS