Cost and Competition in American Medicine: Theory, Policy, and Institutions

by Les Seplaki

Overview

In this unique work, Seplaki integrates economics theory, industrial organization economics, healthcare industry features and antitrust enforcement in healthcare with policy issues. He focuses on how the enforcement of healthcare competition with the antitrust laws did not significantly reduce costs and how private sector initiatives may be the answer. Contents: An Overview of Economic Prerequisites; Antitrust Markets: An Overview of Principles; Healthcare Markets; Competition and its Enforcement in Healthcare; Healthcare Costs, Policy and Prognoses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819196408
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	09/27/1994

About the Author

Les Seplaki is Chairperson and Associate Professor at Rutgers University.

Editorial Reviews

...a worthwhile addition as a reference book for policymakers, professionals, and students of health care services. It is a valuable contribution to the literature.

Mahmud Hassan

Seplaki (economics, Rutgers U.) attempts to synthesize the essentials of industrial organization, neoclassical microeconomics, antitrust institutions and policy, and healthcare regulation to illuminate the relationship between economics, healthcare institutions, and healthcare costs. One focus is that the enforcement of healthcare competition with the antitrust laws did not significantly reduce costs and that private sector initiatives may be the answer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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