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

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.

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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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ISBN 10:  0674318463 ISBN 13:  9780674318465
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1994
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