Hospital Economics, as well as “The Economic Effects of National Health Insurance,” are published by Sylvester Berki. Our understanding of the economics and law of the broader healthcare system were shaped by scholars working in the School of Public Health’s Health Management and Policy Department. Sylvester Berki authored the first major works on the topics of antitrust law and hospital economics. Berki and HMP colleagues went on to pioneer the study of crucial questions, such as when and why people choose health insurance plans, and how to calculate the appropriate amount of healthcare resources for a given patient (thereby contributing to the basis of the prospective payment system for healthcare).
