The Demand for Health Care
The Demand for Health Care
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DOI：
10.1016/b978-012373960-5.00164-7
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发表时间：
2008-08-26
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通讯作者：
Mwabu G
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作者：
Mwabu G
卫生保健需求分析提供了决策者可以用来改善人口健康的信息。由于需求估计数确定了保健服务利用的决定因素，因此可利用这些估计数来制定政策，改善获得保健设施的机会。然而，单凭保健需求的证据不足以执行旨在改善健康的政策。为了促进这些干预措施的实施，有必要将保健服务的利用与健康状况联系起来。这篇文章提供了一个模型，链接卫生保健需求的健康生产的博览会。在信息不完善和缺乏自我控制的医疗保健市场的设置模型的影响进行了分析。
Health-care demand analysis provides information that policy makers can use to improve a population's health. Since demand estimates identify determinants of health-care utilization, the estimates could be used to design policies to improve access to health facilities. However, evidence on health-care demand alone is insufficient to implement policies aimed at improving health. To facilitate implementation of such interventions, it is necessary to link health-care utilization to health status. This article provides an exposition of a model that links health-care demand to health production. Implications of the model in settings of information imperfections and lack of self-control in health-care markets are analyzed.