Demand for health and healthcare

Hans Keiding

Chapter 2 in Theoretical Health Economics, 2017, pp 41-79 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Health needs and healthcareThe problem of lifestyle selectionLancasterian characteristicsThe Grossman modelDerivation of the fundamental relationApplying the modelExtensions of the modelOther models of demand for healthcareThe Newhouse-Phelps modelElasticity of healthcareHealth and rational addictionThe rational addiction modelA simplified exampleCigarette smokingQueuing and demand for healthcareClassical queuing theoryWaiting lists as demand regulatorsWaiting lists as strategiesProblems

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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