Toward a Healthier Economics. Reflections on Ken Bassetts' Problem

R. Evans

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research from University of British Columbia - Centre for Health Services and Policy Research.

Abstract: Ken Bassett's problem: "Why would intelligent and competent professionals routinely behave in ways that they know to be illogical and scientifically unsound?". This paper thus complements that by Uwe Reinhardt.

Keywords: HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 1998
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