Health Economics and Financing

By Thomas E. Getzen

Book Overview

Health Economics and Financing serves as the perfect primer for the economic analysis of medical markets. It prepares students of medicine, public health, policy and administration who wish to engage the central economic issues of their field--without extensive mathematics or highly technical analytical techniques.

Getzen's text includes effective explanations of how and why health and medicine are both like and unlike other economic goods, as well as knowledge about institutional features, for students who intend to go into this unique and rewarding line of work.

Health Economics and Financing serves as an excellent primer for introducing students to the principles and core concepts of health economics rather than its literature, equations, or research methods.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118184904
• ISBN13: 9781118184905
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Excellent review of the present literature and ongoing research paradigms. Sets the stage for fiery debate on nationalized healthcare in the United States.

Solid, even-handed treatment of a touchy subject

I am currently reading this book for an online course I am taking, and I am very impressed. It is well-reasoned, seeks to look at all perspectives objectively and avoids the trap of taking sides in the current healthcare debate. While the subject matter is by no means easy, the book is nonetheless highly accessible and engaging. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anybody wishing to gain a solid understanding of our healthcare system in the United States.

Health Economics and Financing review

I am very happy with the purchase transaction. Delivery was speedy and as ordered. The book is easy to read and being used for a college course. Thanks

The perfect introduction to health care economics.

I wrote a paper on managed care competition for an economics course. This book proved invaluable. Without any previous knowledge of health economics, I was able to read, learn, and understand a fairly complex subject in a short amount of time using this book. The text covers everything but remains at an undergrad level. The arguments and examples are simple, clear, interesting, and easy to remember. I definitely found this to be the best introduction and overview to health economics, after having read six or seven books on the subject.