Health Administration Press Textbook Catalog - Spring 2023 - 7

NEW BOOKS
Economics
Health
THE
OF
Reconsidered
Fifth
Edition
Thomas Rice,
Lynn Unruh, and
Andrew Barnes
An AUPHA/HAP book
Hardbound, 688 pp, January 2023
ISBN: 978-1-64055-347-7
Order code: 2462I
$77.00 member price
$110.00 nonmember price
The fifth edition of The Economics of Health Reconsidered continues to challenge the reliance
on market forces to address health policy issues, and it argues instead for the value of
government intervention. By critically examining economic theory as applied to the
healthcare sector, the authors encourage readers to question the assumptions on which the
perceived success of the competitive-healthcare-market model is based.
Like its previous editions, this thoroughly updated text focuses on how the unique
characteristics of healthcare challenge the effectiveness of traditional economic remedies.
Chapters explore demand and supply, as well as equity, expenditures, international
comparisons, and economic evaluations. Traditional mainstream economics is discussed
throughout the book, and a full chapter summarizes intermediate microeconomic theory.
This edition features the following additions and updates:
* A new chapter on the social determinants of health that explores the effects of
education, income, gender, sexual- and gender-minority identities, early childhood
experiences, neighborhood effects, and race/ethnicity on the demand for health
* A new chapter introducing the field of behavioral economics, including how its
view of decision making compares to the view assumed by the traditional economic
framework
* Evidence-based discussion of supplier-induced demand, market concentration and
cost-shifting in healthcare, and the success of supply-side mechanisms in containing
costs and quality
* Data on outcomes brought about by nonprofit versus for-profit healthcare providers
and organizations
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The theories and perspectives in The Economics of Health Reconsidered illustrate how the
government plays a crucial role in making the healthcare sector not only more equitable
but also more efficient.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Thomas Rice, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management
at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Between 2006 and 2011, he also served
as vice chancellor of academic personnel for UCLA. Dr. Rice received his doctorate in
economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982. He served on the faculty at
the University of North Carolina School of Public Health from 1983 to 1991 before joining
UCLA. Dr. Rice has published widely on issues such as the behavioral economics of
healthcare, competition and regulation in health services, comparative healthcare systems,
health insurance, physicians' economic behavior, cost containment, and the Medicare
program.
Lynn Unruh, PhD, RN, is a professor emerita in the School of Global Health
Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Unruh received
her bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Illinois and her doctorate
in economics from the University of Notre Dame. She has published extensively on nurse
staffing and quality in hospitals and nursing homes, the nursing workforce, the work
environment in hospitals and nursing homes, the organizational responses of hospitals and
nursing homes to reimbursement and regulatory and market forces, and other health policy
issues.
Andrew J. Barnes, PhD, MPH, is a professor in the Department of Health Behavior
and policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned his doctorate from the
Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public
Health, his master of public health degree from Tulane University, and his bachelor of
arts degree in psychology and biology from Pitzer College. Dr. Barnes publishes books,
articles, and policy briefs on the intersection of behavioral economics, health policy, and
substance use.
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➤ Instructor Resources:
PowerPoint slides, important chapter concepts, discussion questions
with answers, additional readings, and a transition guide to the new
edition.
THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH RECONSIDERED,
FIFTH EDITION
Thomas Rice, PhD, Lynn Unruh, PhD, and Andrew Barnes, PhD, MPH

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