Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why health economics?
  • An overview of the U.S. healthcare system
  • An overview of the healthcare financing system
  • Describing, evaluating, and managing risk
  • Understanding costs
  • The demand for healthcare products
  • Elasticities
  • Forecasting
  • Supply and demand analysis
  • Maximizing profits
  • Pricing
  • Asymmetric information and incentives
  • Economic analysis of clinical and managerial interventions
  • Profits, market structure, and market power
  • Government intervention in healthcare
  • Regulation
  • Strategic behavior.