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Health Economics

Developing the theory necessary to examine health economics and health care delivery issues analytically, the authors present empirical evidence and summarise their results. Topics discussed include the role of the physician and the 'cost explosion'

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  • "The most thorough book available on the economics of health and health care delivery, Health Economics develops the theory necessary to examine these issues analytically and presents empirical evidence on each issue, summarizingresults for easy comprehension. Issues discussed include the "cost explosion" in health care, the role of physicians and the power of medical associations, and the control of technological change in medicine. Because thelevel of sophistication is rapidly expanding in health economics, this bookalso provides key analytic tools required to understand research that is currently in progress."
  • "Developing the theory necessary to examine health economics and health care delivery issues analytically, the authors present empirical evidence and summarise their results. Topics discussed include the role of the physician and the 'cost explosion'"@en
  • "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 well as empirical evidence and summarizing key results. Without neglecting ethical concerns, modern microeconomic theory is applied to formulate theoretical implications and predictions. Issues discussed include the economic valuation of life and health, moral hazard in health care utilization, supplier-induced demand, the search for remuneration systems with favorable incentives, risk selection in health insurance markets, and technological change in medicine."

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  • "Lehrbuch"
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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Llibres electrònics"

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  • "Health Economics"@en
  • "Health Economics"
  • "Health economics"
  • "Health economics"@en

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