1. Demand for health and health services
The concept of health production; the basic Grossman model; the investment model
- Grossman, M., (2000). Chapter 7: The human capital model. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1, Edited by A.J. Culyer and J.P Newhouse
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 3 (Individual as Producers of Their Health)
2. Demand for health and health services
The consumption mode; empirical evidence for the Grossman model; further extensions of the Grossman model
- Grossman, M., (2000). Chapter 7: The human capital model. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1, Edited by A.J. Culyer and J.P Newhouse
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 3 (Individual as Producers of Their Health)
3. Demand for health and health services
Is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure?
- Hey, J.D., Patel, M.S., (1983). Prevention and cure? Or: is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure? Journal of Health Economics 2, 119-138
4. Health insurance
Basic model; market equilibrium under symmetric information; market equilibrium under asymmetric information
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 5 (Health Goods, Market Failure and Justice)
5. Health insurance
Ex ante moral hazard; ex post moral hazard
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 6 (Optimal Health Insurance Contracts)
6. Health insurance
Direct risk selection; indirect risk selection; advantageous selection
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 7 (Risk Selection in Health Insurance)
- Einav, l., Finkelstein, A. (2011). Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures. Journal of Economic Perspectives 25, 115-138