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.
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Medical economics Social policy Economics Public health