Essays on the empirical modelling of the determinants of health and lifestyle

The thesis comprises two essays in health economics. The first examines the impact of health insurance on lifestyle. The ex ante moral hazard (EAMH) postulates that health insurance reduces prevention effort (healthy lifestyle) since the cost of ill health to the insured individual is reduced. There...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Preux Gallone, Laure
Other Authors: Gravelle, Hugh
Published: University of York 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570112