Handbook of health economics

The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. As a relatively recent subdiscipline of economics, health economics has been remarkably successful. It has made or stimulated numerous contributions to various areas of the main discipline...

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Main Authors Culyer, A. J. (Anthony J.), Newhouse, Joseph P., Pauly, Mark V., McGuire, Thomas G., Barros, Pedro P.
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Tokyo Elsevier Science 2000
Elsevier Science & Technology
North-Holland
Edition1
SeriesHandbooks in economics
Subjects
Economics, Medical
Medical economics
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ISBN9780444535924
9780444822901
9780444504715
0444822909
0444504710
9780444504708
0444504702
0444535926

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Table of Contents:
  • 3. Risk adjustment models -- 4. Risk sharing -- 5. The practice of risk adjustment and risk sharing -- 6. Directions for future research -- References -- Chapter 15. Government Purchasing of Health Services* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quality and costs -- 3. Quality, demand and fixed price contracts -- 4. Empirical findings -- 5. Asymmetric information on costs and case-mix -- 6. Commitment, hold-up, and the ratchet effect -- 7. Reputations -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: The framework with a private market -- References -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX
  • 6. Service benefit insurance -- 7. Balance billing -- 8. Substitutes and complements -- 9. Alternatives to reimbursing market-level fee for service -- 10. Monopsony and provider market power -- 11. Reimbursement and productive efficiency -- 12. Heterogeneity in non-competitive markets -- 13. Empirical results on reimbursement -- 14. Bidding models -- 15. Conclusion -- References -- PART 3: INSURANCE MARKETS, MANAGED CARE, AND CONTRACTING -- Chapter 11. The Anatomy of Health Insurance* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Health insurance structures in developed nations -- 2. The principles of insurance -- 3. Moral hazard and principal-agent problems -- 4. Relationships between insurers and providers -- 5. Optimal mix of demand- and supply-side controls -- 6. Markets for health insurance: plan choice and adverse selection -- 7. Person-specific pricing, contract length, and premium uncertainty -- 8. Insurance and health outcomes -- 9. Conclusions and implications -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 12. Health Insurance and the Labor Market* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Background on health insurance and the labor market -- 2. Health insurance and labor market equilibrium - theory -- 3. Evidence on health insurance and job-job mobility -- 4. Health insurance and participation in the labor force and public assistance programs -- 5. Evidence on health insurance and wages, hours, and employment -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13. Managed Care* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is managed care? -- 3. History of managed care -- 4. Managed care and market failure -- 5. Empirical research on managed care -- 6. Economic issues related to the growth of managed care -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14. Risk Adjustment in Competitive Health Plan Markets* -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual aspects of risk adjustment
  • 2. Market equilibrium and price variability -- 3. Disagreement about the production function -- 4. Production and dissemination of information -- References -- Chapter 6. Health Econometrics* -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identification and estimation -- 3. Qualitative dependent variables -- 4. Limited dependent variables -- 5. Unobservable heterogeneity and simultaneous equations -- 6. Longitudinal and hierarchical data -- 7. Count data regressions -- 8. Duration analysis -- 9. Stochastic frontiers -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- PART 2: DEMAND AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL SERVICES -- Chapter 7. The Human Capital Model* -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic model -- 3. Pure investment model -- 4. Pure consumption model -- 5. Empirical testing -- 6. Extensions -- 7. Health and schooling -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8. Moral Hazard and Consumer Incentives in Health Care* -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Dimensions of consumer incentives in health care -- 3. The amount of delegation of authority to the physician -- 4. Incentives and ex ante moral hazard -- 5. Incentives and static ex post moral hazard -- 6. Dynamic ex post moral hazard -- 7. Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 9. Physician Agency* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Demand and supply for physician services -- 3. Physician behavior with complete information -- 4. Uncertainty about treatment effects and asymmetric information -- 5. Physician-induced demand -- 6. Other physician objectives -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10. Insurance Reimbursement -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reimbursement in the theory of insurance -- 3. Medical services are different -- 4. Indemnity insurance and the theory of health insurance benefits -- 5. Optimal reimbursement in price-taking markets with and without moral hazard
  • Front Cover -- Handbook of Health Economics -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1A -- Introduction to the Series -- Contents of the Handbook -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The State and Scope of Health Economics -- The health of health economics -- The scope of health economics -- The scope of the Handbook -- References -- PART 1: OVERVIEWS AND PARADIGMS -- Chapter 1. International Comparisons of Health Expenditure: Theory, Data and Econometric Analysis* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Background and overview -- 2. First-generation studies -- 3. Second-generation studies -- 4. Summary and concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 2. An Overview of the Normative Economics of the Health Sector* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Efficiency and normative frameworks -- 3. Health care as an economic commodity -- 4. Equity in the health sector -- 5. Evaluation of programs and interventions -- 6. Concluding observations: health economists as policy advisors -- References -- Chapter 3. Medical Care Prices and Output* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The market environment underlying medical care CPIs and PPIs -- 3. Construction of medical care CPIs and PPIs at the BLS -- 4. Related research on medical care price indexes -- 5. A new medical care expenditure price index based on episode treatment costs -- 6. Medical care price indexes in the national income and product accounts -- References -- Chapter 4. Advances in CE Analysis* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cost-effectiveness analysis for decision making -- 3. When does CE analysis lead to optimal decisions? -- 4. Perspective and cost measurement -- 5. Measuring outcomes -- 6. Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 5. Information Diffusion and Best Practice Adoption* -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Introduction