Machine generated contents note: Foreword -- by Uwe E. Reinhardt -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second Edition --1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why Should the Economics of Health Be Reconsidered? -- 1.2 Purpose of the Book -- 1.3 Outline of the Book -- 2 Market Competition -- 2.1 The Traditional...

The settings for health care delivery -- The people who provide health care -- Government and the health care system -- Financing the health care system -- Health care system performance -- Debates and conflicts that have structured health care change -- History of change from 1990 to the...