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