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Economic Aspects of Health.

Unlike earlier work in medical economics, which has focused on medical care, these ten papers stress the production and consequences of health itself. They reveal a serious concern with real-world health problems in their investigation of such subjects as infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuchs, Victor R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Economic Aspects of Health; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Determinants of Health; 1. Prenatal Medical Care and Infant Mortality; 2. The Behavior of Mothers as Inputs to Child Health: The Determinants of Birth Weight, Gestation, and Rate of Fetal Growth '; 3. Time Preference and Health: An Exploratory Study; 4. Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status; Part Two. Consequences of Ill Health; 5. The Status of Health in Demand Estimation; or, Beyond Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor; 6. Physical Disabilities and Post-secondary Educational Choices.