Cost and Competition in American Medicine: Theory, Policy and Institutions

By Les Seplaki

In this unique work, Seplaki integrates economics theory, industrial organization economics, healthcare industry features and antitrust enforcement in healthcare with policy issues. He focuses on how the enforcement of healthcare competition with the antitrust laws did not significantly reduce costs and how private sector initiatives may be the answer.
Contents: An Overview of Economic Prerequisites; Antitrust Markets: An Overview of Principles; Healthcare Markets; Competition and its Enforcement in Healthcare; Healthcare Costs, Policy and Prognoses.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819196398
• ISBN13: 9780819196392
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 498 Pages