TY - BOOK AU - Stephen Jan AU - Jan,Stephen TI - Economic analysis for management and policy SN - 9780335218462 SN - 978033521 AV - HB171.5 .E35 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Maidenhead, England PB - Open University Press KW - Medical economics N1 - 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 ER -