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Health, The Medical Profession, and Regulation
Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy 6
ISBN/EAN: 9780792381013
Umbreit-Nr.: 1574129
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: x, 263 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 31.05.1998
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeIntroduction; P. Zweifel. 1. Health. The Impact of the Environment on the Demands for Health, and Health Care. An Empirical Analysis for Germany; M. Erbsland, et al. The Demand for Health. An Empirical Test of the Grossman Model Using Panel Data; S. Nocera, P. Zweifel. Counting and Discounting Gained Life-Years; J. Søgaard, D. Gyrd-Hansen. Inequality in Infant Mortality in Portugal, 1971-1991; J. Pereira. Health, Work-Hours and Wages in Sweden; G. Sundberg. The Determinants of Health Expenditure in the OECD Countries: A Pooled Data Analysis; U. Gerdtham, et al. 2. The Medical Profession. Clinical Response of Salaried Consultants to a Change in Relative Fees; T. Iversen. The Use of Multilevel Analysis in Health Economics: An Application to Examine the Effect of Competition on General Practitioners' Behaviour; A. Scott, A. Shiell. A Comparative Application of Econometric Frontier and DEA Methods for Assessing Cost Efficiency of Finnish Hospitals; M. Linna, U. Häkkinen. 3. Regulation. Financial Incentives and Primary Care Provision in Britain: Do General Practitioners Maximise their Income? M. Lynch. Cream-Skimming in Deregulated Social Health Insurance: Evidence from Switzerland; K. Beck, P. Zweifel. Modeling Cross-Border Care in the EU Using a Principal-Agent Framework; L. Crivelli, P. Zweifel.
- Kurztext
- Presents new evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measures, along with new solutions to problems of health policy. Section I looks into determinants of health, and Section II deals with the supply side of the market for health care services. Sectio