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Front Matter, the Demand for Health: a Theoretical and Empirical Investigation This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation Volume Author/Editor: Michael Grossman Volume Publisher: NBER Volume ISBN: 0-87014-248-8 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/gros72-1 Publication Date: 1972 Chapter Title: Front matter, The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation Chapter Author: Michael Grossman Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c3484 Chapter pages in book: (p. -20 - 0) MICHAEL GROSSMAN THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OCCASIONAL PAPER 119 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH NEW YORK 1972 Distributed byCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK AND LONDON For ilene who induced me to "choose" a long life Copyright @ 1972 by National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 261 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-188340 ISBN-0-870 14-248-8 Printed in the United States of America NAIIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH OFFICERS Arthur F. 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The manuscript shall then not be published unless at least a majority of the entire Board who shall have voted on the proposal within the time fixed for the teceipt of votes shall have approved. 5. No manuscript may be published, though approved by each member of the special manuscript committee, until forty-five days have elapsed from the transmittal of the report in manuscript form. The interval is allowed for the receipt of any memorandum of dissent or reservation, together with a brief statement of his reasons, that any member may wish to express: and such memorandum of dissent or reservation shall be published with the manuscript if he so desires. Publication does not, however, imply that each member of the Board has read the manuscript, or that either members of the Board in general or the special committee have passed on its validity in every detail. 6. Publications of the National Bureau issued for informational purposes concerning the work of the Bureau and its staff, or issued to inform the public of activities of Bureau staff, and volumes issued as a result of various conferences involving the National Bureau shall contain a specific disclaimer noting that such publication has not passed through the normal review procedures required in this resolution. The Executive Committee of the Board is charged with review of all such publications from time to time to ensure that they do not take on the character of formal research reports of the National Bureau, requiring formal Board approval. 7. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or exempted by the terms of paragraph 6. a copy of this resolution shall be printed in each National Bureau publication. (Resolution adopted October25. 1926, and revised February6,1933, February24, 1941. and April 20, 1968) CONTENTS FOREWORD ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY xiii I. A STOCK APPROACH TO THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH 1. The Model, 1 2. Equilibrium Conditions, 4 3. Glossary,9 II. THE SHADOW PRICE OF HEALTH 11 1. The Investment Demand Curve, 11 2. Variations in Depreciation Rates, 13 Life Cycle Patterns, 13 Cross-Sectional Variations, 19 Uncertainty, 19 3. Market and Nonmarket Efficiency, 21 Wage Effects, 22 The Role of Human Capital, 24 Joint Effects, 28 4. Glossary, 30 III. THE PURE CONSUMPTION MODEL 31 1. Life Cycle Patterns, 31 2. Market and Nonmarket Efficiency, 34 Wage Effects, 35 TheRole of Human Capital, 35 3. Glossary, 37 IV. AN EMPIRICAL FORMULATION OF THE MODEL 39 1. Structure and Reduced Form, 39 2. Measurement of Health and Variables Considered, 44 3. Glossary, 54 vi Contents V. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: THE NORC SAMPLE 55 1.Whites with Positive Sick Time, 55 Demand Curves for Health and Medical Care, 55 The Gross Investment Production Function, 65 The Role of Disability Insurance, 67 2. Supplementary Results, 70 All Whites in the Labor Force, 70 Males, 72 VI. JOINT PRODUCTION AND THE MORTALITY DATA 74 1. The Theory of Joint Prpduction, 74 2. The Mortality Data, 79 3. Glossary, 83
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