TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zweifel, Peter
AU  - Breyer, Friedrich
AU  - Kifmann, Mathias
TI  - Health economics
SN  - 9783540278047
U1  - 338.473621 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
KW  - Medical economics
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - Public health
N1  - 1. Introduction --
2. Economic valuation of life and health --
3. Individuals as producers of their health --
4. Empirical studies of the production of health --
5. Health goods, market failure and justice --
6. Optimal health insurance contracts --
7. Risk selection in health insurance markets --
8. Physicians as suppliers of medical services --
9. Hospital services and efficiency --
10. Paying providers --
11. Forms of delivery of medical care --
12. The market for pharmaceuticals --
13. The political economy of health care --
14. Future challenges to health care systems
ER  -