Free for All?: Lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment - Softcover

Newhouse, Joseph P.

 
9780674319141: Free for All?: Lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674319141 ISBN 13: 9780674319141
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1996

Synopsis

From 1971 to 1982, researchers at the RAND Corporation devised an experiment to address two key questions in health care financing: how much more medical care will people use if it is provided free of charge? and what are the consequences for their health? This book presents a comprehensive account of the experiment and its findings. It will be an invaluable teaching tool and reference for anyone concerned with health-care policy.

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About the Author

Joseph P. Newhouse is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University.

From the Back Cover

From 1971 to 1982, researchers at the RAND Corporation conducted an experiment to address two key questions in health-care financing: how much more medical care will people use if it is provided free of charge, and what are the consequences for their health?

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674319141
ISBN 13 
9780674319141
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
502

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