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Author Hough, Douglas E.

Title Irrationality in health care [electronic resource] : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / Douglas E. Hough.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvii, 291 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Medical economics -- United States.
Medical care -- United States.
Health behavior -- United States.
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804777971 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804785747 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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