Health Economics

by Mathias Kifmann, Friedrich Breyer, Peter Zweifel

Book Overview

This is the most complete text available on the economics of health behavior and health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of economics, this text provides the key analytical tools required to understand current research. Issues discussed include the "cost explosion" in health care, the power of medical associations, the search for remuneration systems with favorable incentives, and technological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540278044
• ISBN13: 9783540278047
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 529 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"