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The concept of a transformation curve for consumption services and health, introduced in the previous chapter, raises a number of questions which are of considerable importance for health policy. To illustrate this, consider the increase in life expectancy in industrialized countries (see Table 4.1).
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Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., Kifmann, M. (2009). Empirical Studies of the Production of Health. In: Health Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68540-1_4
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