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Irrationality in health care : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why
- Title
- Irrationality in health care : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / Douglas E. Hough.
- Author
- Hough, Douglas E.
- Publication
- Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RA410.53 .H669 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-277) and index.
- Contents
- What is behavioral economics -- and why should we care? -- Keeping what we have, even if we don't like it -- Managing expectations and behavior -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent patient -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent consumer -- Understanding the medical decision making process, or, Why a physician can make the same mistakes as a patient -- Explaining the cumulative impact of physicians' decisions -- Can we use the concepts of behavioral economics to transform health care?
- ISBN
- 9780804777971 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804777977 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012039953
- 99954452292
- OCLC
- 811850404
- ocn811850404
- SCSB-5698169
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries