Introduction Factors influencing healthcare utilization in China have been frequently
analyzed and discussed from various angles, based upon different objectives. However, few …

Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of the well-being of the
population. This chapter discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and …

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring
Quality award by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The …

Early economists related variations in health to starvation. According to the Malthusian
theory of population, income fluctuated around a subsistence level. Any temporary increase …

This chapter contains a detailed treatment of the human capital model of the demand for
health which was originally developed in 1972. Theoretical predictions are discussed, and …

This paper estimates the effect of air pollution on child hospitalizations for asthma using
naturally occurring seasonal variations in pollution within zip codes. Of the pollutants …

This chapter contains a detailed treatment of the human capital model of the demand for
health, which was originally developed in 1972. Theoretical predictions are discussed, and …

The demand for health and medical care is analysed within a generalised Grossman-type
health investment model. Its underlying assumptions are shown to differ from those …

Valuation formulas for age-specific mortality risks are derived from life-cycle allocation
theory under uncertainty and related to empirical estimates of the value of life. A change in …

We specify a demand function for longevity, or" quantity of life," along with corresponding
demand functions for indicators of" quality of life" and a value-of-health and life extension …