Empirical Studies of the Production of Health

Peter Zweifel (), Friedrich Breyer and Mathias Kifmann ()
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Peter Zweifel: University of Zurich
Mathias Kifmann: University of Augsburg

Chapter 4 in Health Economics, 2009, pp 119-153 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The concept of a transformation curve for consumption services and health, introduced in the previous chapter, raises a number of questions which are of considerable importance for health policy. To illustrate this, consider the increase in life expectancy in industrialized countries (see Table 4.1).

Keywords: Ordinary Little Square; Health Care Expenditure; Total Suspended Particle; Tobacco Consumption; Cigarette Consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68540-1_4

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