Health Economics

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Zweifel, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Breyer, Friedrich (Συγγραφέας), Kifmann, Mathias (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Θέματα: Public health.; Economics.; Management science.; Social policy.; Law and economics.; Sociology.; Economics, general.; Public Health.; Social Policy.; Law and Economics.; Sociology, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.