Health Economics (eBook)

What is Health Economics

The study of health economics is a subfield of economics that focuses on issues concerning the production and consumption of health and healthcare, including concerns concerning efficiency, effectiveness, value, and behavior. When it comes to figuring out how to enhance health outcomes and lifestyle patterns through interactions between individuals, healthcare providers, and clinical environments, health economics is an essential field to study. In a broad sense, health economists investigate the operation of healthcare systems as well as behaviors that have an impact on health, such as quitting smoking, developing diabetes, and being overweight.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Health economics

Chapter 2: Microeconomics

Chapter 3: Perfect competition

Chapter 4: Opportunity cost

Chapter 5: Externality

Chapter 6: Price discrimination

Chapter 7: Marginalism

Chapter 8: Subjective theory of value

Chapter 9: Allocative efficiency

Chapter 10: Consumption (economics)

Chapter 11: Real estate economics

Chapter 12: High-deductible health plan

Chapter 13: Margin (economics)

Chapter 14: Industrial organization

Chapter 15: Supplier-induced demand

Chapter 16: Healthcare in the United States

Chapter 17: Joseph Newhouse

Chapter 18: Glossary of economics

Chapter 19: Health care efficiency

Chapter 20: Grossman model of health demand

Chapter 21: Kate Ho

(II) Answering the public top questions about health economics.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of health economics in many fields.

(IV) Rich glossary featuring over 1200 terms to unlock a comprehensive understanding of health economics. (eBook only).

Who will benefit

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of health economics.