Irrationality in Health Care: What Behavioral Economics Reveals about What We Do and Why

by Douglas Hough

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The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results--and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to simple questions, such as "Would requiring everyone to buy health insurance make us better off?" Drawing on behavioral economics as an alternative to the standard tools of health economics, author Douglas E. Hough seeks to more clearly...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0804777977

ISBN13:9780804777971

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:Stanford Economics and Finance

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"

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Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Politics & Government

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