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Table of Contents
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Contents
Preface
Acknoledgements
About the Author
Foreword
1. Terms of the Trade: The Flow of Funds Through the Health Care System
2. Demand and Supply
3. Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
4. Health Insurance: Financing Medical Care
5. Insurance Contracts and Managed Care
6. Physicians
7. Medical Education, Organization, and Business Practices
8. Hospitals
9. Management and Regulation of Hospital Costs
10. Long-Term Care
11. Pharmaceuticals
12. Capital Financing and Ownership of Health Care Providers
13. Macroeconomics of Medical Care
14. The Role of Government
15. Public Goods and Public Health
16. History, Demography, and the Growth of Modern Medicine
17. International Comparisons of Health and Health Expenditures
18. Value for Money in the Future of Health Care
Glossary
Index
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