Economics for Healthcare Managers

By Robert H. Lee

Book Overview

Healthcare managers confront many difficult and complex questions. Economics for Healthcare Managers provides the economic tools managers need to simplify and improve decision making. This book provides a framework for understanding pricing, regulation, costs, market demand, profitability, and risk-issues that all healthcare managers face. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition features: # A new chapter on creating and interpreting forecasts # A new chapter on government intervention in healthcare markets # Case studies and examples that illustrate how to analyze management problems and make recommendations # Key concepts, discussion questions, and a glossary for each chapter Written in a straightforward and practical style, this book is ideal for readers with no background in economics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567933149
• ISBN13: 9781567933147
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Foundation of the Amer College
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"