This book examines the influence of market competition and government regulation on hospitals, health insurance, managed care plans, and prescription drug advertising.

Is health care different than other commodities? Should it be purchased and provided through the market or through government programs?

Criticism of the U.S. health-care system for its high costs and uneven coverage is abundant, but is it warranted? Is the U.S. system inferior to those in other developed countries? Not according to economists Robert L. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider, who argue in their just-published book, The...

Press release/summary for the book The Business of Health, by Robert L. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider.