The Economics of Health and Health Care

The Economics of Health and Health Care, 9th Edition, is an academic textbook designed for undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and healthcare practitioners. The volume establishes a clear framework for applying economic principles to healthcare delivery, financing mechanisms, and policy evaluation across health economics, health policy, and public health courses.

The book structures its content around major policy developments and technological changes in health sectors. It incorporates a specialized chapter on pandemic economics that delivers an economic analysis of epidemics and pandemics framed by COVID-19. The text also highlights the broad impacts of the Affordable Care Act and integrates empirical applications from published literature on digital medicine.

To help students master abstract models, each chapter provides concise chapter summaries alongside quantitative exercises for practical problem solving. This pedagogical approach offers direct instructional support for coursework in health economics and public health, helping learners transition from economic theory to applied data analysis.