Health Economics
Health Economics presents a systematic treatment of the economics of health behavior and health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics, this text provides the background required to understand cu
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Peter Zweifel · Friedrich Breyer · Mathias Kifmann
Health Economics Second Edition
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Professor Peter Zweifel Socioeconomic Institute University of Zurich Hottingerstr. 10 8032 Zurich Switzerland [email protected]
Professor Friedrich Breyer Department of Economics University of Konstanz Fach 135 78457 Konstanz Germany [email protected]
Professor Mathias Kifmann Department of Economics University of Augsburg Universit¨atsstr. 16 86159 Augsburg Germany [email protected]
Original English edition published by Oxford University Press, 1997
ISBN 978-3-540-27804-7 e-ISBN 978-3-540-68540-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-68540-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009931221 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMX Design GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Health Economics is a fascinating subject. This book provides a systematic treatment of this field of study. It is based on a German version which has been well received since 1992, resulting in five editions so far. It serves both as a textbook in university courses at the Master level and as a reference book. The book’s distinguishing feature is that it consistently builds on formal economic models that have been used in academic Health Economics journals for several decades but have not been integrated in the leading undergraduate textbooks of the field. As we are convinced that many problems in Health Economics are too complicated to be analyzed only graphically, we are now offering this text for Master level courses at universities worldwide. Our premise is that readers are familiar with basic calculus. Some knowledge of econometrics is also useful. At the same time, we have taken care to explain the reasoning in the more technical sections. In addition, we state our main results in non-technical Conclusions and in Summaries at the end of each chapter. We are grateful to those who have provided their generous assistance to the completion of this book. Ana Ania, Han Bleichrodt, Laszlo Goerke, Normann Lorenz, Thomas McGuire, Robert Nuscheler a
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