1st Edition

Individual Decisions for Health

Edited By Bjorn Lindgren Copyright 2003
614 Pages
by Routledge

614 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Although economics is a relative newcomer to research into the determinants of good health, its significance should not be under-estimated. This book poses the important question of whether economic theory can be developed to explain why people engage in activities that are obviously a danger to their long-term health. In looking first at the individual's own decisions that affect his or her... Read more
Part I: The Individual's Own Decisions for His or Her Health Part II: Other Agent's Decisions for an Individual's Health

Biography

Bjorn Lindgren is Professor of Health Economics at Lund University, Sweden