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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 Corporativo: NBER Conference on Health Economics
Otros Autores: Fuchs, Victor R.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1982.
Colección:Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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, and disability. These papers are unusual, as well, in bringing to bear on these problems new and powerful theoretical and statistical tools. They draw on, and in some cases are, original sources for new bodies of data. As such, Economic Aspects of Health comprises a useful blend of relevance and r.
Notas:"Papers ... presented at the Second NBER Conference on Health Economics held at Stanford, California on 30-31 July 1980"--Introduction.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0226267946
9780226267944