In this wide-ranging book, Warren Greenberg surveys the health care industry using the economics of industrial organisations approach. By doing so, he provides the reader with an understanding of the differences between health care and other industries in the economy. As a result, this will be ideal for students in health care economy and policy who need to gain an understanding of this, the single largest sector of the economy.

This is a reprint. The attributes and conduct of the physician, hospital, insurance, and long-term care industries are examined.

This is a reprint of a 1998 work published by Springer. It presents an analysis of the health care industry, recounting its success and failures in terms of market forces. Greenberg (health economics and health care science, George Washington U.) pays particular attention to the existing employer-ba

Source of the debate on how much competition and regulation are necessary in the health care industry. This is a reprint of proceedings from a 1977 conference.