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Stephen Jan

Economic analysis for management and policy / Stephen Jan ... [et al.]. - Maidenhead, England : Open University Press, 2005. - viii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Understanding public health. .

Include index.

1. Introduction to welfare economics --
2. Aspects of economic evaluation --
3. Derivation of demand --
4. Models of demand, public goods and aggregated demand --
5. The production process : concepts and assumptions --
6. Costs and the cost function --
7. Market analysis --
8. Behaviour of health care providers --
9. What is the evidence of competition on consumer and provider sides? --
10. Alternative models of provider competition --
11. The economic rationale for government involvement in the health sector --
12. Economic theories of regulation --
13. Institutional economics and appropriate contracts --
14. Legal and economic analysis of contracts --
15. Agency and organizational decision making --
16. Agency in the health sector --
17. Equity in health care --
general concepts --
18. Equity and health care.

ISBN: 9780335218462 0335218466

ISSN: 9780335218462

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical economics.

LC Class. No.: HB171.5 / .E35 2005