Major concepts of health care economics.
Ann Intern Med
; 162(5): 380-3, 2015 Mar 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25732280
ABSTRACT
This article applies major economic concepts, such as supply, demand, monopoly, monopsony, adverse selection, and moral hazard, to central features of U.S. health care. These illustrations help explain some of the principal problems of health policy-high cost and the uninsured-and why solutions are difficult to obtain.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Delivery of Health Care
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Intern Med
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article