Costs of dying: Alternatives to rationing

Health Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Felder, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coinsurance; Health demand; Moral hazard; Residual life expectancy; Value of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MORALITY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FAMILY MEMBERS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; JUSTICE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COST SHARING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0031023584     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(96)00875-5     Document Type: Article

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