Handbook of Health Economics (Volume 2) (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 2)

What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that made Volume 1 (2000) a foundational text. Presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions. Serves as a frequently used non-journal reference. Introduces non-economists to the best research in health economics. Content: Handbook of Health Economics Page i Introduction to the Series Page ii Handbook of Health Economics Page iii Copyright Page iv Contents Pages v-xv Preface Pages xvii-xx Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, Pedro P. Barros Acknowledgements Page xxi Chapter One - Health Care Spending Growth Pages 1-43 Michael E. Chernew, Joseph P. Newhouse Chapter Two - Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care Pages 45-93 Jonathan Skinner Chapter Three - The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors Pages 95-199 John Cawley, Christopher J. Ruhm Chapter Four - Improving Health in Developing Countries: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations Pages 201-315 Michael Kremer, Rachel Glennerster Chapter Five - Demand for Health Insurance Pages 317-396 Thomas G. McGuire Chapter Six - Who Ordered That? The Economics of Treatment Choices in Medical Care Pages 397-432 Amitabh Chandra, David Cutler, Zirui Song Chapter Seven - Theoretical Issues Relevant to the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies Pages 433-469 David O. Meltzer, Peter C. Smith Chapter Eight - Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy Pages 471-497 Alan M. Garber, Mark J. Sculpher Chapter Nine - Competition in Health Care Markets Pages 499-637 Martin Gaynor, Robert J. Town Chapter Ten - Health Care Markets, Regulators, and Certifiers Pages 639-690 David Dranove Chapter Eleven - Health Care Spending Risk, Health Insurance, and Payment to Health Plans Pages 691-762 Friedrich Breyer, M. Kate Bundorf, Mark V. Pauly Chapter Twelve - Markets for Pharmaceutical Products Pages 763-823 Fiona Scott Morton, Margaret Kyle Chapter Thirteen - Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research, and Marketing of Patented Products Pages 825-872 Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla Chapter Fourteen - Medical Workforce Pages 873-925 Sean Nicholson, Carol Propper Chapter Fifteen - Public and Private Sector Interface Pages 927-1001 Pedro Pita Barros, Luigi Siciliani Chapter Sixteen - Equity in Health and Health Care Pages 1003-1092 Marc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert Index Pages 1093-1126 The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. As a relatively recent subdiscipline of economics, health economics has been remarkably successful. It has made or stimulated numerous contributions to various areas of the main discipline: the theory of human capital; the economics of insurance; principal-agent theory; asymmetric information; econometrics; the theory of incomplete markets; and the foundations of welfare economics, among others. Perhaps it has had an even greater effect outside the field of economics, introducing ter Covers the developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. This book presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions.