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Folland is the best-selling Heath Care Economics text that teaches through core economic themes rather than concepts unique to the health care economy.

Students who take the Health Care Economics course may or may not have ample background in Economics.  Folland’s text is organized such that core Economics concepts are the backbone of the Heath Care content coverage.

How do you organize the material in this course?

Organization of content by economic themes–Arranged by such themes as demand and supply, the economics of information, moral hazard due to insurance, and benefit-cost analyses.

• Emphasizes for students the applicability of traditional economic analyses to a wide range of health-related problems.

Considerable flexibility (24 chapters are divided into six parts):

• Supply and Demand (Chapters 5—9)
• Information and Insurance Markets (Chapters 10—13)
• Key Players in the Health Care Sector (Chapters 14—17)
• Social Insurance (Chapters 18—22)

§         Special Topics (Chapters 23—24)

How much of an analytical emphasis do you put on the material in your course?

All the analytical and statistical tools required are included in the text (no calculus).

• Provides students with all the tools necessary to examine health care from an economics perspective.  See Page:

How much experience do your students have with Economics before coming to this course?

Seamless integration of supply and demand–organized in a logical, step-by-step manner.

• Gives students the connections between economic principles such as supply and demand and relates them to health care and insurance.  See Chapters 8 & 9

OTHER POINTS OF DISTINCTION:

How do you incorporate real world examples and research in your course?

Highlights what health economics researchers are doing in theory and in empirical work —

• Features on up-to-date applications of theory and policy developments, as well as occasional tidbits containing purely background information.

Encourages further opportunities for learning —

·         More advanced students who wish to be challenged further can utilize a comprehensive references section, with close to 900 sources.

• Journals are increasingly accessible both in print and over the Internet. Most health economists make a point of browsing Health Affairs, an up-to-date policy journal, while the Journal of Health Economics and Health Economics have emerged as the leading technical specialty journals. There are also many other specialized journals to address readers’ needs.

New To This Edition

How do you deal with varying levels of economics background in your students?

NEW CHAPTER! Chapter 4, “Economic Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness in Health Care,” now completes the “tools” section of the book (Section I) —

• Provides a fundamental review for those who students have seen the material before and a suitable introduction for those who are moving up from introductory courses of the concept of economic efficiency and shows how cost-benefit and cost-efficiency analyses fit into the general economic framework. 

How up-to-date is your current book in regard to the U.S. Medicare Program?

Chapter 21,  "Social Insurance" —

• New material that discusses and analyzes the major changes recently proposed in the U.S. Medicare program.

Do you prefer to cover International topics as well as some of the hottest Healthcare issues today in your course?

Chapter 24, “Epidemiology and Economics: AIDS in Africa” —

·         A popular new chapter, introduced in the previous edition, has been updated to further examine the economic consequences of epidemics, with particular interest in the worldwide AIDS epidemic.

Table of Contents

PART I:           BASIC ECONOMICS TOOLS    

Chapter 1   Introduction    

Chapter 2   Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics    

Chapter 3   Statistical Tools for Health Economics    

Chapter 4   Economic Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness in Health Care   

PART II:          SUPPLY AND DEMAND    

Chapter 5   The Production of Health    

Chapter 6   The Production, Cost, and Technology of Health Care    

Chapter 7   Demand for Health Capital    

Chapter 8   Demand and Supply of Health Insurance    

Chapter 9   Consumer Choice and Demand    

PART III:         INFORMATION AND INSURANCE MARKETS    

Chapter 10  Asymmetric Information and Agency    

Chapter 11  The Organization of Health Insurance Markets    

Chapter 12  Managed Care    

PART IV:         KEY PLAYERS IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR    

Chapter 13 Nonprofit Firms    

Chapter 14 Hospitals and Long-Term Care    

Chapter 15 The Physician's Practice

Chapter 16 Health Care Labor Markets and Professional Training    

Chapter 17  The Pharmaceutical Industry    

PART V:          SOCIAL INSURANCE    

Chapter 18  Equity, Efficiency, and Need    

Chapter 19  Government Intervention in Health Care Markets    

Chapter 20  Government Regulation–Principal Regulatory Mechanisms

Chapter 21  Social Insurance    

Chapter 22  Comparative Health Care Systems and Health System Reform    

PART vi:         SPECIAL TOPICS   

Chapter 23  The Health Economics of Bads    

Chapter 24  Epidemiology and Economics: AIDS in Africa    

Next Edition(s)

• Economics of Health and Health Care, The, 7/E
  Folland, Goodman & Stano
  ©2013  |  Prentice Hall  |  Cloth; 624 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132773694  |  ISBN-13: 9780132773690
  Suggested retail price: $210.00  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $157.50  (What's this?)Brief Description  | 

  

  For courses in Health Economics, U.S. Health Policy/Systems, or Public Health, taken by health services students or practitioners.

   

  The text that makes economics concepts the backbone of the health care coverage.

   

  Folland is the bestselling Health Care Economics text that teaches through core economic themes, rather than concepts unique to the health care economy.
  

  
  

  This edition contains revised and updated data tables, where applicable. The advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010 has also led to changes in many chapters , most notably in the organization and focus of Chapter 16. 

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• Economics of Health and Health Care, The, 6/E
  Folland, Goodman & Stano
  ©2010  |  Prentice Hall  |  Cloth; 648 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136080308  |  ISBN-13: 9780136080305
  Suggested retail price: $210.00  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $157.50  (What's this?)Brief Description  | 

  

  For courses in Health Economics, U.S. Health Policy/Systems, or Public Health, taken by health services students or practitioners.

   

  Students in this course have varying backgrounds in Economics—Folland’s text makes Economics concepts the backbone of the Health Care coverage.

   

  Folland is the best-selling Health Care Economics text that teaches through core economic themes rather than concepts unique to the health care economy.

   

  The Sixth Edition retains the text’s hallmark features while updating content to reflect the major changes in the health policy arena. The core economics themes chosen are as basic as supply and demand, as ever-present as technology or labor issues, and as modern as the economics of information.

   

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©2007  |  Prentice Hall  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
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