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Health Economics

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 w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Zweifel, Peter (Autor), Breyer, Friedrich (Autor), Kifmann, Mathias (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.