| Economic Aspects of Health Contributor(s): Fuchs, Victor R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226267857 ISBN-13: 9780226267852 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $86.13 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1982 Annotation: Unlike earlier work in medical economics, which has focused on medical care, these ten papers stress the production and consequences of health itself. They reveal a serious concern with real-world health problems in their investigation of such subjects as infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity, and disability. These papers are unusual, as well, in bringing to bear on these problems new and powerful theoretical and statistical tools. They draw on, and in some cases are, original sources for new bodies of data. As such, "Economic Aspects of Health "comprises a useful blend of relevance and rigor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Policy - Medical | Health Risk Assessment - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.104 |
| LCCN: 81015938 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.38" W x 9.31" (1.27 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unlike earlier work in medical economics, which has focused on medical care, these ten papers stress the production and consequences of health itself. They reveal a serious concern with real-world health problems in their investigation of such subjects as infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity, and disability. These papers are unusual, as well, in bringing to bear on these problems new and powerful theoretical and statistical tools. They draw on, and in some cases are, original sources for new bodies of data. As such, Economic Aspects of Health comprises a useful blend of relevance and rigor. |