determinants of public health. Each of the book’s four sections includes an introduction that contextualizes the issues and … on health economics, as well as the work others have done to advance and extend his innovative perspective ….Determinants of Health explains how the economic choices people make influence health and health behaviors. It begins with a section …

A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new … theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health … knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature. It is well past time to bring this …

consumption over time, own (adult) health and inputs into the production of own health, fertility, and child quality or well …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. They are distinguished from the labor market outcomes of education in terms … these effects operate. The chapter pays a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health for a variety of …