Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2

Pauly, McGuire & Barros
Table of Contents

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