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1 | (12) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (2) |
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What does health care---and health---do for people? |
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5 | (2) |
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The determinants of (ill) health |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (18) |
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Microeconomics---studying markets and their actors |
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15 | (15) |
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More in means more out---but at a diminishing rate |
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16 | (3) |
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Substitution---`there is more than one way to skin a cat' |
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19 | (4) |
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Scarcity: a dismal reality for the dismal science |
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23 | (4) |
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Supply and demand---and the magic equilibrium |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (18) |
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What is to be distributed? |
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32 | (3) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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How is it to be distributed? |
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35 | (3) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Choosing a preferred distribution |
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38 | (4) |
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Choosing a point on the utility possibility frontier |
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38 | (2) |
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The social welfare function |
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40 | (2) |
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Alternatives to distributive justice |
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42 | (5) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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Medical ethics: different principles at the bedside? |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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Efficiency-motivated responses to market failures |
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49 | (23) |
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The perfect market model and the imperfect market for health care |
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49 | (4) |
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Uncertainty and insurance |
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53 | (4) |
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The welfare gain from insurance |
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53 | (2) |
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The probability and the loss |
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55 | (1) |
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Actuarially fair insurance |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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Asymmetric information and the agency relationship |
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60 | (6) |
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The doctor--patient relationship |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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The agency relationship and social welfare |
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65 | (1) |
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Externalities---selfishly motivated |
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66 | (4) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (2) |
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71 | (1) |
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Equity-motivated responses to market failures |
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72 | (10) |
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Reasons for caring---defining altruism |
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73 | (2) |
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Transfers in cash or in kind |
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75 | (3) |
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Concerns for more than one individual |
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78 | (1) |
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Concerns for the community |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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81 | (1) |
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Providing health care: finance and regulation |
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82 | (16) |
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Flows of money: the `revenue--expenditure--income' identity |
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83 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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Keeping expenditures in line with revenues |
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85 | (1) |
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Earning incomes from the expenditures |
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86 | (1) |
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Disaggregation: a closer look at gainers and losers |
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86 | (2) |
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Shifting the financial burdens |
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87 | (1) |
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Making a living from expenditure |
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88 | (1) |
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The split between purchasers and providers |
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88 | (4) |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (2) |
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97 | (1) |
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Economic evaluation techniques |
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98 | (23) |
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Different techniques with some basic similarities |
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98 | (3) |
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Valuing benefits in monetary terms |
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101 | (7) |
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Non-preference-based measures of monetary benefits |
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101 | (4) |
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Preference-based measures of monetary benefits |
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105 | (3) |
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Valuing benefits in health terms |
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108 | (4) |
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Non-preference-based health benefits |
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108 | (1) |
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Quality-adjusted life-years |
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109 | (1) |
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Measuring health-related quality of life |
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110 | (2) |
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Estimating costs---some key principles |
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112 | (2) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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Discounting---a preference for the present |
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114 | (4) |
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The reasons for discounting |
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115 | (1) |
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Some formulae and examples |
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115 | (1) |
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Some views on discounting |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (3) |
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120 | (1) |
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The ethics of economic evaluation in priority setting |
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121 | (14) |
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122 | (2) |
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Aggregation in monetary terms |
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122 | (1) |
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The distribution of health benefits |
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123 | (1) |
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The importance of different health streams |
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124 | (2) |
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The no-treatment health stream |
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124 | (1) |
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Age and the previous stream of health |
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125 | (1) |
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The importance of non-health characteristics |
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126 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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The consequences of improved health |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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The type of preferences required |
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128 | (2) |
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The nature of individual preferences |
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130 | (1) |
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Quantifying rights and procedures |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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Towards a new health economics? |
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135 | (11) |
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The boundaries of health economics |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (2) |
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Justice and fairness: societal judgements |
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139 | (1) |
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The market fails---but so may the government |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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Purchasing and providing health care |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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A new normative health economics? |
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144 | (2) |
References |
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146 | (5) |
Index |
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