NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

Michael Grossman

Published in 1972 by UMI

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0135 pages
ISBN: 0-87014-248-8

Table of Contents

Front matter, THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION. (p. -20 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. A STOCK APPROACH TO THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH. (p. 1 - 10) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. THE SHADOW PRICE OF HEALTH. (p. 11 - 30) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. THE PURE CONSUMPTION MODEL. (p. 31 - 38) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. AN EMPIRICAL FORMULATION OF THE MODEL. (p. 39 - 54) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: THE NORC SAMPLE. (p. 55 - 73) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. JOINT PRODUCTION AND THE MORTALITY DATA. (p. 74 - 83) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Appendix A UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS. (p. 84 - 86) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Appendix B DERIVATION OF INVESTMENT MODEL FORMULAS. (p. 87 - 93) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Appendix C DERIVATION OF CONSUMPTION MODEL FORMULAS. (p. 94 - 96) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Appendix D STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MODEL. (p. 97 - 101) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Appendix E ADDITIONAL EMPIRICAL RESULTS. (p. 102 - 109) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Appendix F SOURCES AND METHODS: MORTALITY ANALYSIS. (p. 110 - 111) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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