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patrickmtl · 2009 June 9th, 06:15 PM

hi, i'm leaning toward specializing in health economics eventually and would like to start the long decision process asap, so i was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for me as far as books are concerned.

thanks.

napsa · 2009 June 9th, 10:32 PM

Handbook of Health Economics
Morris, Devlin, Parkin: Economic Analysis in Health Care

wesleys · 2009 June 10th, 01:25 AM

May I recommend: Strained Mercy - Table of Contents, written by a fairly famous economist in the health area. It's available entirely for free online, to boot!

econocrat · 2009 June 10th, 10:28 PM

Not academic but I'm reading "Sick" by J Cohn and its a good intro book.

Also picked up "Incentives and Choice in Health Care" ed. by Sloan, haven't read yet.

Palimpsest · 2009 June 11th, 04:29 PM

Amazon.com: Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care: Peter Hammer, Deborah Haas-Wilson, William Sage, Victor Fuchs, Frank Sloan: Books

claphands · 2009 June 11th, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by econocrat

Not academic but I'm reading "Sick" by J Cohn and its a good intro book.

I'm a pretty big fan of Cohn's blog on TNR (The Treatment)

I've been meeting to check out the book, glad to hear its pretty good

KGkhan23 · 2009 June 11th, 06:35 PM

I've been told The Health of Nations is good, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

notacolour · 2009 June 11th, 07:43 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend much in the way of books aside from the Handbook, which isn't really a book anyway. Not many fields have decent textbooks at the graduate level.

To the OP: are you more interested in demand or supply? I could scrounge up my syllabi from one or both classes if you'd like lists of recommended articles to read by top guys in the field.

patrickmtl · 2009 June 12th, 03:11 PM

thanks all.

I guess I would have to say i'm more interested in the supply side.

notacolour · 2009 June 12th, 06:20 PM

Well, if anyone wants a bibliography of articles in either health supply or demand from classes I took with top guys in both fields, just PM me.

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2009 June 9th, 10:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
napsa I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	Handbook of Health Economics Morris, Devlin, Parkin: Economic Analysis in Health Care

2009 June 10th, 01:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
wesleys I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	May I recommend: Strained Mercy - Table of Contents, written by a fairly famous economist in the health area. It's available entirely for free online, to boot!

2009 June 10th, 10:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
econocrat I JUST got here. Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 16	Not academic but I'm reading "Sick" by J Cohn and its a good intro book. Also picked up "Incentives and Choice in Health Care" ed. by Sloan, haven't read yet.

2009 June 11th, 04:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Palimpsest Within my grasp! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 102	Amazon.com: Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care: Peter Hammer, Deborah Haas-Wilson, William Sage, Victor Fuchs, Frank Sloan: Books

2009 June 11th, 06:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
KGkhan23 TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 544	I've been told The Health of Nations is good, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

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notacolour TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 805	Yeah, I wouldn't recommend much in the way of books aside from the Handbook, which isn't really a book anyway. Not many fields have decent textbooks at the graduate level. To the OP: are you more interested in demand or supply? I could scrounge up my syllabi from one or both classes if you'd like lists of recommended articles to read by top guys in the field.

2009 June 12th, 03:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
patrickmtl Within my grasp! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 103	thanks all. I guess I would have to say i'm more interested in the supply side.

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notacolour TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 805	Well, if anyone wants a bibliography of articles in either health supply or demand from classes I took with top guys in both fields, just PM me.

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