Private choices and public health : the AIDS epidemic in an economic perspective /

Private choices and public health : the AIDS epidemic in an economic perspective /

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Author / Creator:Philipson, Tomas J.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.
Description:x, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- United States.
AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1502642
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Other authors / contributors:Posner, Richard A.
ISBN:0674707389 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-257) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. An Economic Model of Risky Sexual Behavior
  • Chapter 2. Empirical Support for the Economic Approach
  • Chapter 3. The Demand for HIV Testing
  • Chapter 4. Social versus Fiscal Costs of Aids
  • Chapter 5. Regulatory Interventions
  • Chapter 6. Subsidies Designed to Change Behavior
  • Chapter 7. Subsidies for Medical Research
  • Chapter 8. The Redistributive Factor in Public Policy toward Aids
  • Chapter 9. Aids and Fertility
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
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