Irrationality in health care [electronic resource] : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / Douglas E. Hough.
By: Hough, Douglas E.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013Description: xvii, 291 p. : ill.Subject(s): Medical economics -- United States | Medical care -- United States | Health behavior -- United States | Economics -- Psychological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.4/73621 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is behavioral economics--and why should we care? -- Keeping what we have, even if we don't like it -- Managing expectations and behavior -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent patient -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent consumer -- Understanding the medical decision making process, or, Why a physician can make the same mistakes as a patient -- Explaining the cumulative impact of physicians' decisions -- Can we use the concepts of behavioral economics to transform health care?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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