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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
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1 Introduction -
2 To Find the Answer, One Must Know the Question: Health Economics and Public Policy -
3 Health Capital: Theory and Empirical Evidence -
4 What We Know and Don’t Know about the Effects of Cost Sharing on the Demand for Medical Care—and So What? -
5 Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard: Implications for Health Insurance Markets -
6 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Health Care: An Overview of Economic Issues -
7 Reefer Madness, Frank the Tank, or Pretty Woman: To What Extent Do Addictive Behaviors Respond to Incentives? -
8 Medical Career Choices and Rates of Return -
9 The Effects of Incentives on Pharmaceutical Innovation -
10 Physician Fees and Behavior: Implications for Structuring a Fee Schedule -
11 Physician Pay for Performance: Alternative Perspectives -
12 Competition, Information Provision, and Hospital Quality -
13 Summing Up - References
- Index
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
-
1 Introduction -
2 To Find the Answer, One Must Know the Question: Health Economics and Public Policy -
3 Health Capital: Theory and Empirical Evidence -
4 What We Know and Don’t Know about the Effects of Cost Sharing on the Demand for Medical Care—and So What? -
5 Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard: Implications for Health Insurance Markets -
6 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Health Care: An Overview of Economic Issues -
7 Reefer Madness, Frank the Tank, or Pretty Woman: To What Extent Do Addictive Behaviors Respond to Incentives? -
8 Medical Career Choices and Rates of Return -
9 The Effects of Incentives on Pharmaceutical Innovation -
10 Physician Fees and Behavior: Implications for Structuring a Fee Schedule -
11 Physician Pay for Performance: Alternative Perspectives -
12 Competition, Information Provision, and Hospital Quality -
13 Summing Up - References
- Index
