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UNINA9910824227703321 |
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Titolo |
Incentives and choice in health care / / edited by Frank A. Sloan and Hirschel Kasper |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-10017-3 |
9786612100178 |
0-262-28381-6 |
1-4356-4789-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (440 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SloanFrank A |
KasperHirschel |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical economics |
Medical economics - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]405) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 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 Return9 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Leading scholars in the field of health economics evaluate the role of incentives in health and health-care decision making from the perspectives of both supply and demand. |
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