Handbook of health economics / edited by Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, Pedro Pita Barros.

Amsterdam ; London : North Holland, 2012.

xxi, 1,126 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

1. Medical Spending Growth -- 2. Geographic Variation in Spending and Outcomes -- 3. Health Behaviors and Prevention -- 4. Health Economics of Economic Development -- 5. Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care -- 6. Demand for Health Care -- 7. Issues in Cost Effectiveness Cost Benefit and Cost Utility Analysis -- 8. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy -- 9. Competition in Health Care Supply -- 10. Reporting on and Paying Health Care Providers -- 11. Health Insurance, Health Plans and Risk Variation -- 12. Markets for Pharmaceutical Products -- 13. Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research and Marketing of Patented Products -- 14. Medical Workforce -- 15. Public and Private Sector Interface -- 16. Equity in Health and Health Care -- 17. Health Care Disparities.