The Economics of Health and Medical Care: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Tokyo

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Economic History of Medical Care....Pages 3-20
Economic History and Health Care in Industrialized Nations....Pages 21-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
The System of Medical Care in Japan and its Problems....Pages 41-56
Proprietary Hospitals in the United States....Pages 57-65
The Determinants of National Outlay on Health....Pages 66-88
Economics of Need: The Experience of the British Health Service....Pages 89-107
Private Patients in N.H.S. Hospitals: Waiting Lists and Subsidies....Pages 108-116
Consumer Protection, Incentives and Externalities in the Drug Market....Pages 117-138
Price and Income Elasticities for Medical Care Services....Pages 139-161
Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications....Pages 162-173
Some Economic Aspects of Mortality in Developed Countries....Pages 174-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Health, Hours and Wages....Pages 205-233
A Test of Alternative Demand-Shift Responses to the Medicare Program....Pages 234-247
Demand for Emergency Health Care and Regional Systems for Provision of Supply....Pages 248-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
The Role of Technology, Demand and Labor Markets in the Determination of Hospital Costs....Pages 283-301
A Microanalysis of Physicians’ Hours of Work Decisions....Pages 302-325
Modeling the Delivery of Medical Services....Pages 326-360
Measuring the Effectiveness of Health Care Systems....Pages 361-376
Health Indicators and Health Systems Analysis....Pages 377-401
The Quality of Hospital Services: An Analysis of Geographic Variation and Intertemporal Change....Pages 402-427
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Smoking and the Economics of Government Intervention....Pages 428-441
Allied Health Personnel in Physicians’ Offices: An Econometric Approach....Pages 442-458
Econometric Forecasts of Health Services and Health Manpower....Pages 459-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
On the Social Rationality of Health Policies....Pages 481-509
Choice of Technique....Pages 510-537
Back Matter....Pages 539-547