Health and healthcare: What is it?

Hans Keiding

Chapter 1 in Theoretical Health Economics, 2017, pp 1-40 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Measuring healthHealth indices and their foundationNumerical representation of health statesProperties of measurement scalesExpected utilityExtensions of the expected utility approachQALYs revisitedThe aggregation problem in health status measurementDALYsHealthcare expenditureWhy does healthcare expenditure grow?Does health expenditure enhance growth?Assessing healthcare services and healthcare systemsThe WHO report: ranking healthcare systemsUsing DEA to rank healthcare systemsProblems

Keywords: Health Economics; Healthcare; Grossman Model; Newhouse-Phelps Model; Dorfman-Steiner; Lindahl Equilibria; Healthcare Pricing; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Healthcare Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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