Health Economics: An Introduction

By Alan L. Sorkin

The rising cost of hospitalization, increasing specialization among health-care workers, and the proliferation of health-care options available to individuals comprise some of the most important recent changes in modern health care. This text provides a picture of the economics of health care in the US and throughout the world, illuminating such issues as the demand for health services and manpower, hospital programmes, expenditures and benefits, alternatives to traditional health insurance, and health-care delivery systems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 066925004X
• ISBN13: 9780669250046
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"