The Demand for Health : : A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation /

The Demand for Health : : A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation / / Michael Grossman.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Grossman, Michael,
MitwirkendeR:
Fuchs, Victor R.,
Lindgren, Björn,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 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

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