{"product_id":"health-economics-and-financing-isbn-9781119815686","title":"Health Economics and Financing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest edition of the gold standard in the economics and financing of health care\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the newly revised Sixth Edition of \u003ci\u003eHealth Economics and Financing\u003c\/i\u003e, an expert team of authors delivers an authoritative discussion of key topics in the economic and finance issues relevant to health care. From cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to the economic considerations driving the choices of physicians, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies, the book explores the influence of financial considerations – both public and private – that remain front-of-mind for modern health care decision makers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Choices: Money, Medicine, and Health 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Demand and Supply 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Financing Medical Care: Health Insurance Contracts: Managed Care 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Physicians 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Medical Education, Organization, and Business Practices 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hospitals 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Management and Regulation of Hospital Costs 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Long-Term Care 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Pharmaceuticals 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Financing and Ownership of Health Care Providers 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 History, Demography, and the Growth of Modern Medicine 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Macroeconomics of Medical Care 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Role of Government and Public Goods 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 International Comparisons of Health and Health Expenditures 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Value for Money in the Future of Health Care 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary G-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex I-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Getzen\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Risk, Insurance, and Health Management at Temple University and the founder and emeritus Executive Director of iHEA, the International Health Economics Association. After receiving an undergraduate degree in literature from Yale University, he worked for the U.S. Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control venereal disease program in New York and Los Angeles, and then obtained a Master of Health Administration degree in Medical Care Organization and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Washington. Dr. Getzen's main research contributions have been in the areas of contracting, price indexes, the history of health care spending, and forecasting future trends. His consulting work has included employee benefit negotiations, projections of health care cost trends and premiums, risk assessment, and capital financing for managed care. Dr. Getzen has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto, the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of York (UK). He has served on the boards of multiple health care organizations, was associate editor for the journal \u003ci\u003eHealth Economics,\u003c\/i\u003e and editor-in-chief for the \"HEN-Health Economics Network\" in collaboration with SSRN. Professor Getzen periodically updates the forecasting model of \"Long Run Medical Cost Trends\" for the Society of Actuaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Kobernick\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer at Jefferson College of Population Health, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Madonna University, and a Senior Medical Director at Blue Cross of Michigan. Dr. Kobernick was raised in Detroit and completed his undergraduate, medical education, and Family Practice Residency at Michigan State University. His clinical career has included family practice and 30 years as an emergency physician, fields in which he is board certified as well. Dr. Kobernick has master's degrees in health care administration and population health. He has held numerous administrative positions including emergency department medical director, vice-president medical affairs, community health service medical director, and chief medical officer. At Blue Cross, he is a consultant to large employers, helping them to understand the opportunities to improve quality-outcome and optimize patient experience at the lowest possible cost through the application of population health principles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989350662373,"sku":"NP9781119815686","price":107.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119815686.jpg?v=1761783773","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/health-economics-and-financing-isbn-9781119815686","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}