The demand for health : a theoretical and empirical investigation /

A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grossman, Michael, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Medical care > United States.
Medical economics > United States.
Delivery of Health Care > economics
Économie de la santé > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Medical care.
Medical economics.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • FOREWORD TO THE 2017 EDITION
  • FOREWORD TO THE 1972 EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
  • 1. A STOCK APPROACH TO THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH
  • 2. THE SHADOW PRICE OF HEALTH
  • 3. THE PURE CONSUMPTION MODEL
  • 4. AN EMPIRICAL FORMULATION OF THE MODEL
  • 5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: THE NORC SAMPLE
  • 6. JOINT PRODUCTION AND THE MORTALITY DATA
  • APPENDIX A. UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS
  • APPENDIX B. DERIVATION OF INVESTMENT MODEL FORMULAS
  • APPENDIX C. DERIVATION OF CONSUMPTION MODEL FORMULAS
  • APPENDIX D. STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MODEL
  • APPENDIX E. ADDITIONAL EMPIRICAL RESULTS
  • APPENDIX F. SOURCES AND METHODS: MORTALITY ANALYSIS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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