Research Catalog

Title

Health, the medical profession, and regulation / edited by Peter Zweifel.

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1998.

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Additional Authors

Zweifel, Peter.

Description

x, 261 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Health, The Medical Profession, and Regulation presents new evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measurements, along with new solutions to problems of health policy. The intended market for this volume includes but is not limited to health economists, policy makers, insurers, and governmental advisors who need to stay abreast of the latest developments in health services research worldwide."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Developments in health economics and public policy ; v. 6

Uniform Title

Developments in health economics and public policy ; v. 6.

Subject

• Medical economics
• Medical policy
• Medical laws and legislation
• Economics, Medical
• Health Policy
• Legislation, Medical
• Medical economics
• Medical laws and legislation
• Medical policy
• Gesundheitsökonomie
• Kongress
• Gezondheidszorg
• Medische beroepen
• Regelgeving
• Beleid
• Économie de la santé
• Politique sanitaire
• Soins médicaux
• Inégalité sociale
• Médecine
• Politique de la santé
• Économie de la santé

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 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. Sg̜aard, 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. Hk̃kinen. 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.

ISBN

• 0792381017
• 9780792381013

LCCN

97043550

OCLC

• ocm37910422
• 37910422
• SCSB-471053

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library