This comprehensive collection brings together more than 50 contributions from some of the most influential researchers in health economics. It authoritatively covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a balanced range of material on equity and efficiency in health care...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Richard Auster, Irving Leveson and Deborah Sarachek (1969), 'The Production of Health, an Exploratory Study', Journal of Human Resources, 4 (4), Autumn, 411-36 -- 2. Mark R. Rosenzweig and T. Paul Schultz (1983), 'Estimating a Household Production...

The aim of The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is to take an audience of advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers to the frontier of research in health economics, by providing them with short and easily readable introductions to key topics. The volume brings together 50...