Handbook of health economics. Volume 2 / edited by Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, Pedro P. Barros.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pauly, Mark V., 1941-

McGuire, Thomas G.

Barros, Pedro P.

Series:

Handbooks in economics.

Handbooks in economics

Handbook of health economics ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Elsevier, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that

Contents:

Front Cover; Handbook of Health Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; What Were We Looking For?; What's New?; Differences in Approaches; How to Use Volume 2; Acknowledgements; 1. Health Care Spending Growth; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Spending Growth in the US; 1.2. Spending Growth in Other Countries; 2. Spending Growth vs. Spending Level; 3. Technology and Spending Growth; 4. Models of Spending Growth; 4.1. Models with Exogenous Technology; 4.1.1. Managed Care and Spending Growth; 4.1.2. Income Effects and Spending Growth; 4.2. Models of Endogenous Technology

5. Empirical Evidence5.1. Causes of Spending Growth; 5.2. Spending Growth by Insurance Type; 5.3. Spending Growth by Disease/Health Status; 6. Value of Spending Growth; 7. Conclusion; References; 2. Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care; 1. Introduction; 2. An Economic Model of Regional Variations in Health Care; 2.1. The Demand Side; 2.2. The Supply Side; 2.3. A Typology of Health Care Services; 3. Empirical Evidence on Geographic Variations in Expenditures and Utilization; 3.1. Units of Measurement and Spatial Correlations; 3.2. Health Care Expenditures

3.2.1. Adjusting for Prices3.2.2. Adjusting for Differences in Health Status; 3.2.3. Adjusting for Income; 3.2.4. Regional Variation in Non-Medicare Expenditures; 3.3. Effective Care (Category I); 3.4. Preference-sensitive Treatments with Heterogeneous Benefits (Category II); 3.5. Supply-sensitive (Category III) Treatments with Unknown or Marginal Benefits; 4. Estimating the Consequences of Regional Variation: Geography As An Instrument; 5. Inefficiency and the Policy Implications of Regional Variations; 6. Regional Variations in Health Outcomes; 7. Discussion and Conclusion; References

3. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors1. Introduction; 1.1. The Importance of Health Behaviors; 1.2. Trends in Health Behaviors; 1.3. Differences in Health Behaviors across Population Subgroups; 1.4. Health Economics Research on Health Behaviors; 2. The Traditional Economic Approach to Studying Health Behaviors; 2.1. Model of Health Capital; 2.2. Education and Health Behaviors; 2.3. Habit and Addiction; 2.3.1. Theory of Rational Addiction (TORA); 2.3.2. Empirical Tests of Rational Addiction; 2.3.3. Less-tested Implications of TORA; 2.3.4. Rational Addiction with Learning and Uncertainty

2.4. Price Elasticities of Health Behaviors2.5. Income and Health Behaviors; 2.6. The Role of Advertising; 2.7. Time Preference and Health Behaviors; 3. Alternative Approaches to Studying Health Behaviors; 3.1. Peer Effects; 3.2. Information Constraints; 3.3. Time-inconsistent Preferences and Hyperbolic Discounting; 3.4. Cognitive Limitations and Bounded Rationality; 3.5. Non-traditional Models; 3.5.1. Brain Structure and Decision Making; 3.6. Short-term Effects; 3.6.1. Full Wallets Hypothesis; 3.6.2. Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Health Behavior; 4. Economic Consequences of Health Behaviors

4.1. Reasons to (and not to) Conduct Cost of Behavior Studies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: v. 2, published in 2012.

ISBN:

9786613374967

9781283374965

128337496X

9780444535931

0444535934

OCLC:

775871905