"As a relatively new subdiscipline of economics, health economics has made many contributions to areas of the main discipline, such as insurance economics. This volume provides a survey of the burgeoning literature on the subject of health economics." {source : site de l'éditeur].

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

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.