Health economics
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Bibliographic Information
Health economics
Oxford University Press, 1997
- Other Title
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Gesundheitsökonomie
Available at 65 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Originally published in 1992 by Springer-Verlag
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Health Economics is the most thorough book available on the economics of health and health care delivery. Developing the theory necessary to examine these issues analytically, the authors present empirical evidence on each issue, summarizing results for easy comprehension. Issues discussed include the "cost explosion" in health care, the role of physician and the power of medical associations, and the control of technological change in medicine. Because the level of sophistication is rapidly expanding in health economics, this book also provides key analytic tools required to understand research that is currently in progress.
Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- 1: INTRODUCTION
- 1. Health - a Priceless Commodity?
- 2: ECONOMIC VALUATION OF LIFE AND HEALTH
- 2.1 The Valuation of Health and its Applications
- 3: THE INDIVIDUAL AS THE PRODUCER OF HIS HEALTH
- 3.1 Statement of the Problem
- 4: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF THE PRODUCTION OF HEALTH
- 4.1 Summary of the Issue
- 5: PECULIARITIES OF HEALTH GOODS AND THEIR ALLOCATIVE IMPLICATIONS
- 5.1 The Issue
- 6: OPTIMAL DESIGN OF HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS
- 6.1 The Issue
- 7: THE PHYSICIAN AS A SUPPLIER OF MEDICAL SERVICES
- 7.1 Introduction
- 8: FORMS OF DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE
- 8.1 The Issue
- 9: HOSPITAL SERVICES AND THEIR PAYMENT
- 9.1 The Issue
- 10: THE MARKET FOR PHARMACEUTICALS
- 10.1 Issues involved
- 11: FUTURE CHALLENGES TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- 11.1 The Issue
- 12: SUGGESTIONS FOR POLICY
- 12.1 Health as a Economic Good
- AUTHOR INDEX
- INDEX
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