TY  - JOUR
AU  - Frank,Richard G.
TI  - Behavioral Economics and Health Economics
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 10881
PY  - 2004
Y2  - November 2004
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10881
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10881.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Richard Frank
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
180 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617/432-0178
Fax: 617/432-1219
E-Mail: frank@hcp.med.harvard.edu
AB  - The health sector is filled with institutions and decision-making circumstances that create friction in markets and cognitive errors by decision makers. This paper examines the potential contributions to health economics of the ideas of behavioral economics. The discussion presented here focuses on the economics of doctor-patient interactions and some aspects of quality of care. It also touches on issues related to insurance and the demand for health care. The paper argues that long standing research impasses may be aided by applying concepts from behavioral economics.
ER  -