1. Introduction -- 2. Health and Medical Care: An Economic Perspective -- 3 Cost and Benefit Evoluation Methods -- 4. Health Care Systems and Institutions -- 5. The Demand for Medical Care -- 6. The Demand for Medical Insurance: Traditional and Managed Care Coverage -- 7. Medical Care Production and Costs -- 8. Structure, Conduct, Performance, and Market Analysis -- 9. Government, Health, and Medical Care -- 10. Government as Health Insurer -- 11. The Private Health Insurance Industry -- 12. The Physician Services Industry -- 13. The Hospital Services Industry -- 14. The Pharmaceutical Industry -- 15. The Long-Term Care Industry -- 16. Health Care System Reform.