The Production of Health and Health Care
Alan Maynard
(Reader in Health Economics, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York YO1 5DD, UK)
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Abstract
Evidence that the productivity of marginal expenditures on health care is low is reviewed. A number of reasons why expenditure on health care continues to be high in the light of such evidence are presented. Priorities for research in health economics are then set out.
Citation
Maynard, A. (1983), "The Production of Health and Health Care", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002550
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1983, MCB UP Limited