Health economics/
Zweifel, Peter
Health economics/ Peter Zweifel, Friedrich Breyer and Mathias Kifmann - 2nd ed. - Heidelberg: Springer, 2009. - xx, 529 p.
1. Introduction --
2. Economic valuation of life and health --
3. Individuals as producers of their health --
4. Empirical studies of the production of health --
5. Health goods, market failure and justice --
6. Optimal health insurance contracts --
7. Risk selection in health insurance markets --
8. Physicians as suppliers of medical services --
9. Hospital services and efficiency --
10. Paying providers --
11. Forms of delivery of medical care --
12. The market for pharmaceuticals --
13. The political economy of health care --
14. Future challenges to health care systems.
9783540278047
Medical economics
Social policy
Economics
Public health
338.473621 / ZWE/H
Health economics/ Peter Zweifel, Friedrich Breyer and Mathias Kifmann - 2nd ed. - Heidelberg: Springer, 2009. - xx, 529 p.
1. Introduction --
2. Economic valuation of life and health --
3. Individuals as producers of their health --
4. Empirical studies of the production of health --
5. Health goods, market failure and justice --
6. Optimal health insurance contracts --
7. Risk selection in health insurance markets --
8. Physicians as suppliers of medical services --
9. Hospital services and efficiency --
10. Paying providers --
11. Forms of delivery of medical care --
12. The market for pharmaceuticals --
13. The political economy of health care --
14. Future challenges to health care systems.
9783540278047
Medical economics
Social policy
Economics
Public health
338.473621 / ZWE/H