Download or read book Essentials of Health Economics with Navigate Advantage Access written by Diane M. Dewar and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2024-10-23 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with the non-specialist in mind, Essentials of Health Economics, Third Edition examines the public health care system through the lens of economic theory. Through numerous examples, case studies, and profiles related to the field, students will learn the importance of health economics and its relevance to more general analysis of health policy issues. With new information on health care reforms faced as the state, national, and international level, new chapter on COVID,19, fresh profiles of notable economists, updated statistics, and more, the Third Edition provides a timely and accessible introduction that focuses on how to do descriptive, explanatory, and evaluative economics in a systematic way.