Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]405) and index.
Contents:
Summing up / Frank A. Sloan and Hirschel Kasper. Health capital : theory and empirical evidence / Donna Gilleskie -- What we know and don't know about the effects of cost sharing on the demand for medical care - and so what? / Joseph P. Newhouse and Anna D. Sinaiko -- Adverse selection and moral hazard : implications for health insurance markets / Mark V. Pauly -- Direct-to-consumer advertising in health care : an overview of economic issues / Ernst R. Berndt and Julie M. Donohue -- Reefer Madness, Frank the Tank, or Pretty Woman : to what extent do addictive behaviors respond to incentives? / John Cawley -- Medical career choices and rates of return / Sean Nicholson -- The effects of incentives on pharmaceutical innovation / Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh -- Physician fees and behavior : implications for structuring a fee schedule / Thomas G. McGuire -- Physician pay for performance : alternative perspectives / Brian R. Golden and Frank A. Sloan -- Competition, information provision, and hospital quality / Gautam Gowrisankaran -- Summing up / Frank A. Sloan and Hirschel Kasper.
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