Description |
1 online resource (xx, 529 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Economic Valuation of Life and Health -- Individuals as Producers of Their Health -- Empirical Studies of the Production of Health -- Health Goods, Market Failure and Justice -- Optimal Health Insurance Contracts -- Risk Selection in Health Insurance Markets -- Physicians as Suppliers of Medical Services -- Hospital Services and Efficiency -- Paying Providers -- Forms of Delivery of Medical Care -- The Market for Pharmaceuticals -- The Political Economy of Health Care -- Future Challenges to Health Care Systems |
Summary |
"Health Economics presents a systematic treatment of the economics of health behavior and health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics, this text provides the background required to understand current research, presenting theoretical models as well as empirical evidence and summarizing key results. Without neglecting ethical concerns, modern microeconomic theory is applied to formulate theoretical implications and predictions. Issues discussed include the economic valuation of life and health, moral hazard in health care utilization, supplier-induced demand, the search for remuneration systems with favorable incentives, risk selection in health insurance markets, and technological change in medicine."--Jacket |
Analysis |
economie |
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economics |
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bedrijfswetenschap |
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management science |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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sociaal beleid |
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social policy |
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recht |
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law |
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sociologie |
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sociology |
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Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General) |
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Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-504) and indexes |
Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Medical economics.
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Economics, Medical
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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Economie de l'entreprise.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Medical economics
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Gesundheitsökonomie
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Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Breyer, Friedrich.
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Kifmann, Mathias.
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LC no. |
2009931221 |
ISBN |
9783540685401 |
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3540685405 |
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9781282655409 |
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128265540X |
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