Pt. I. Basic Economics Tools -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Microeconomic Tools for Health Economics -- Ch. 3. Statistical Tools for Health Economics -- Pt. II. Supply and Demand -- Ch. 4. The Production of Health -- Ch. 5. The Production, Cost, and Technology of Health Care -- Ch. 6. Demand for Health Capital -- Ch. 7. Demand and Supply of Health Insurance -- Ch. 8. Consumer Choice and Demand -- Pt. III. Information and Insurance Markets -- Ch. 9. Asymmetric Information and Agency -- Ch. 10. Imperfect Information: Supplier-Induced Demand and Small Area Variations -- Ch. 11. The Organization of Health Insurance Markets -- Ch. 12. Managed Care -- Pt. IV. Key Players in the Health Care Sector -- Ch. 13. Nonprofit Firms -- Ch. 14. Hospitals and Long-Term Care -- Ch. 15. Health Care Labor Markets and Professional Training -- Ch. 16. The Pharmaceutical Industry -- Pt. V. Social Insurance -- Ch. 17. Equity, Efficiency, and Need.

Ch. 18. Government Intervention in Health Care Markets -- Ch. 19. Government Regulation - Principal Regulatory Mechanisms -- Ch. 20. Social Insurance -- Ch. 21. Comparative Health Care Systems and Health System Reform -- Pt. VI. Special Topics -- Ch. 22. The Health Economics of Bads -- Ch. 23. Epidemiology and Economics: AIDS in Africa -- Ch. 24. The Tools of Economic Evaluations.