'Trade in Health is a timely reflection on the interface of economics with the ethics and public policy facets of the international movement of patients. Health issues such as these are at the forefront of modern political economy."National" health is increasingly less so. Reisman's previous...

This thesis contains three essays on topics from the field of Applied Health Economics. Two major subdivisions of the health care system, the health- and nursing care market, were closer investigated. In particular, the effect of public reporting on nursing home quality in Germany was analyzed....