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Health economics/ Peter Zweifel, Friedrich Breyer and Mathias Kifmann

By: Zweifel, PeterContributor(s): Breyer, Friedrich | Kifmann, MathiasMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Heidelberg: Springer, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 529 pISBN: 9783540278047Subject(s): Medical economics | Social policy | Economics | Public healthDDC classification: 338.473621

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	338.473621 ZWE/H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P08262

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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.

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