Handbook of health economics
By: edited by Anthony J. Culyer and Joseph P. Newhouse
Contributors: Culyer, A. J.; Newhouse, Joseph P
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Handbooks in economics -- 17; Handbooks in economics -- bk. 17
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1910
Subjects: Medical economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: v. 1A. The state and scope of health economics / Anthony J. Culyer and Joseph P. Newhouse ; International comparisons of health expenditure / Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Benet Jönsson ; An overview of the normative economics of the health sector / Jeremiah Hurley ; Medical care prices and output / Ernest R. Berndt ... [et al.] ; Advances in CE analysis / Alan M. Garber ; Information diffusion and best practice adoption / Charles E. Phelps ; Health econometrics / Andrew M. Jones ; The human capital model / Michael Grossman ; Moral hazard and consumer incentives in health care / Peter Zweifel and Willard G. Manning ; Physician agency / Thomas G. McGuire ; Insurance reimbursement / Mark V. Pauly ; The anatomy of health insurance / David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser ; Health insurance and the labor market / Jonathan Gruber ; Managed care / Sherry Glied ; Risk adjustment in competitive health plan markets / Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven and Randall P. Ellis ; Government purchasing of health services / Martin Chalkley and James M. Malcomson; title: v. 1B. Economics and mental health / Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire ; Long-term care / Edward C. Norton ; Economics of disability and disability policy / Robert Haveman and Barbara Wolfe ; Child health in developed countries / Janet Currie ; The industrial organization of health care markets / David Dranove and Mark A. Satterthwaite ; Not-for-profit ownership and hospital behavior / Frank A. Sloan ; Economics of general practice / Anthony Scott ; Waiting lists and medical treatment / John G. Cullis, PhilipR. Jones and Carol Propper ; Economics of dental services / Harri sintonen and Ismo Linnosmaa ; The pharmaceutical industry / F.M. Scherer ; Liability for medical malpractice / Patricia M. Danzon ; Antitrust and competition in health care markets / Martin Gaynor and William B. Vogt ;  Regulation of prices and investment in hospitals in th U.S. / David S. Salkever ; The economics of smoking / Frank J. Chaloupka and Kenneth E. Warner ; Alcohol / Philip J. Cook and Michael J. Moore ; Prevention / Donald S. Kenkel ; The measurement of health-related quality of life / Paul Dolan ; Economic epidemiology and infectious diseases / Tomas Philipson ; Equity in health care finance and delivery / Adam Wagstaff and Eddy van Doorslaer ; Equity in health / Alan Williams and Richard Cookson