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The Economics of Health and Medical Care

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  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. Mark Perlman

    1. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Economic History and the Economics of Health and Medical Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Economic History of Medical Care

      • R. M. Hartwell
      Pages 3-20

    3. Economic History and Health Care in Industrialized Nations

      • Mark Perlman
      Pages 21-38

  3. Problems of the Demand for and Supply of Health Services, and the Relation of Mortality to Economic Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. The System of Medical Care in Japan and its Problems

      • Takeshi Kawakami
      Pages 41-56

    3. Proprietary Hospitals in the United States

      • Richard N. Rosett
      Pages 57-65

    4. The Determinants of National Outlay on Health

      • Ephraim Kleiman
      Pages 66-88

    5. Economics of Need: The Experience of the British Health Service

      • Michael Cooper
      Pages 89-107

    6. Private Patients in N.H.S. Hospitals: Waiting Lists and Subsidies

      • Anthony J. Culyer, J. G. Cullis
      Pages 108-116

    7. Consumer Protection, Incentives and Externalities in the Drug Market

      • Elisabeth Liefmann-Keil
      Pages 117-138

    8. Price and Income Elasticities for Medical Care Services

      • Joseph P. Newhouse, Charles E. Phelps
      Pages 139-161

    9. Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications

      • Robert G. Evans
      Pages 162-173

    10. Some Economic Aspects of Mortality in Developed Countries

      • Victor R. Fuchs
      Pages 174-201

  4. The Impact of Demand for Health Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Health, Hours and Wages

      • Michael Grossman, Lee Benham
      Pages 205-233

    3. A Test of Alternative Demand-Shift Responses to the Medicare Program

      • Bernard Friedman
      Pages 234-247

    4. Demand for Emergency Health Care and Regional Systems for Provision of Supply

      • Ulf Christiansen
      Pages 248-280

  5. The Quantitative and the Qualitative Provision of Hospital, Physician and Paraprofessional Services and Social Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
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    2. The Role of Technology, Demand and Labor Markets in the Determination of Hospital Costs

      • Karen Davis
      Pages 283-301
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    Mark Perlman

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