TY - BOOK AU - Fuchs,Victor R. ED - NBER Conference on Health Economics TI - Economic aspects of health T2 - A Conference report / National Bureau of Economic Research SN - 0226267946 (electronic bk.) AV - RA410.A2 E23 1982eb U1 - 362.1/042 19 PY - 1982/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Medical economics KW - Congresses KW - Health status indicators KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health KW - Health Policy KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Salud pública KW - Congresos KW - Économie de la santé KW - États-Unis KW - Congrès KW - Indicateurs de santé KW - MEDICAL KW - Health Risk Assessment KW - bisacsh KW - Man KW - Socioeconomic aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - "Papers ... presented at the Second NBER Conference on Health Economics held at Stanford, California on 30-31 July 1980"--Introd; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; pt. 1. Determinants of health -- pt. 2. Consequences of ill health -- pt. 3. Health and public policy N2 - Unlike earlier work in medical economics, which has focused on medical care, these ten papers stress the production and consequences of health itself. They reveal a serious concern with real-world health problems in their investigation of such subjects as infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity, and disability. These papers are unusual, as well, in bringing to bear on these problems new and powerful theoretical and statistical tools. They draw on, and in some cases are, original sources for new bodies of data. As such, Economic Aspects of Health comprises a useful blend of relevance and r UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=228233 ER -