Grossman The Demand for Health

A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54452-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grossman, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Foreword to the 2017 Edition
Foreword to the 1972 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Summary
1. A Stock Approach to the Demand for Health
2. The Shadow Price of Health
3. The Pure Consumption Model
4. An Empirical Formulation of the Model
5. Empirical Results: The Norc Sample
6. Joint Production and the Mortality Data
Appendix A. Utility Maximizations
Appendix B. Derivation of Investment Model Formulas
Appendix C. Derivation of Consumption Model Formulas
Appendix D. Statistical Properties of the Model
Appendix E. Additional Empirical Results
Appendix F. Sources and Methods: Mortality Analysis
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Grossman is Distinguished Professor of Economics at the City University of New York Graduate Center, Health Economics Program Director at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at IZA. He is the inaugural recipient of the American Society of Health Economists' award for lifetime contributions to the field of health economics. He is also the author of Determinants of Health: An Economic Perspective (Columbia, 2017).