Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby patients receive unnecessary investigations and treatments providing them with little or no benefit, but which expose them to risks of harm. Despite this phenomenon potentially constituting an inefficient use of health care resources, it has received limited direct attention from health economists. This paper considers “too much medicine” as a form of overconsumption, drawing on research from health economics, behavioural economics and ecological economics to identify possible explanations for and drivers of overconsumption. We define overconsumption of health care as a situation in which individuals consume in a way that undermines th...
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Most people dislike the idea of “health economists” having influence on medical decision making and ...
AbstractObjectivesAn increased understanding of the reasons for noncompliance and lack of persistenc...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Concerns have grown in recent decades that economic growth in many rich countries may, in fact, be u...
Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellowship. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) thro...
Financial incentives abound in health care. They are found in the ways physicians are paid and in th...
I develop a theoretical model to explain observed patterns of medical care demand and test the hypot...
Over the last two decades behavioural economics has gained much momentum among scholars because of i...
This article describes the anatomy of health insurance. It begins by considering the optimal design ...
The Induced Demand Hypothesis: an Economic Assessment by Lise Rochaix and Stéphane Jacobzone In hea...
Health insurance increases the demand for healthcare. Since the RAND Health Insurance Experiment in ...
Overutilization is commonly blamed for escalating costs, compromising quality, and limiting access t...
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowThe concept of L...
Most people dislike the idea of “health economists” having influence on medical decision making and ...
AbstractObjectivesAn increased understanding of the reasons for noncompliance and lack of persistenc...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Increasing attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of “too much medicine”, whereby pa...
Concerns have grown in recent decades that economic growth in many rich countries may, in fact, be u...
Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellowship. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) thro...
Financial incentives abound in health care. They are found in the ways physicians are paid and in th...
I develop a theoretical model to explain observed patterns of medical care demand and test the hypot...
Over the last two decades behavioural economics has gained much momentum among scholars because of i...
This article describes the anatomy of health insurance. It begins by considering the optimal design ...
The Induced Demand Hypothesis: an Economic Assessment by Lise Rochaix and Stéphane Jacobzone In hea...
Health insurance increases the demand for healthcare. Since the RAND Health Insurance Experiment in ...
Overutilization is commonly blamed for escalating costs, compromising quality, and limiting access t...
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowThe concept of L...
Most people dislike the idea of “health economists” having influence on medical decision making and ...
AbstractObjectivesAn increased understanding of the reasons for noncompliance and lack of persistenc...