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100	1		_aSanterre, Rexford E.
245	1	0	_aHealth economics : _btheories, insights, and industry studies / _cRexford E. Santerre, Stephen P. Neun.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aMason, Ohio : _bThomson/South-Western, _cc2004.
300			_axvi, 584 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aPart 1 -- BASIC HEALTH CARE ECONOMIC TOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS 1 -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3 -- CHAPTER 2 Health and Medical Care: An Economic Perspective 30 -- CHAPTER 3 Cost and Benefit Analysis 53 -- CHAPTER 4 Health Care Systems and Institutions 74 -- CHAPTER 5 The Demand for Medical Services 98 -- CHAPTER 6 The Demand for Medical Insurance: Traditional and Managed Care Coverage 139 -- CHAPTER 7 Medical Care Production and Costs 161 -- CHAPTER 8 Structure, Conduct, Performance, and Market Analysis 191 -- Part 2 -- THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 223 -- CHAPTER 9 Government, Health, and Medical Care 225 -- CHAPTER 10 Government as Health Insurer 263 -- Part 3 -- INDUSTRY STUDIES 291 -- CHAPTER 11 The Private Health Insurance Industry 293 -- CHAPTER 12 The Physician Services Industry 333 -- CHAPTER 13 The Hospital Services Industry 375 -- CHAPTER 14 The Pharmaceutical Industry 434 -- CHAPTER 15 The Long-Term Care Industry 477 -- Part 4 -- HEALTH CARE REFORM 523 -- CHAPTER 16 Health Care Reform 525 -- Glossary 556 -- Name Index 569 -- Subject Index 576. Health and medical care : an economic perspective -- Cost and benefit analysis -- Health care systems and institutions -- The demand for medical services -- The demand for medical insurance : traditional and managed care coverage -- Medical care production and costs -- Structure, conduct, performance, and market analysis -- Government, health, and medical care -- Government as health insurer -- The private health insurance industry -- The physician services industry -- The hospital services industry -- The pharmaceutical industry -- The long-term care industry -- Health care reform.
650		0	_aMedical economics.
700	1		_aNeun, Stephen P.
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