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" Social Functions and Economic Aspects of Health Insurance "
by William A. Rushing.
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BL
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724271
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b543990
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by William A. Rushing.
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Social Functions and Economic Aspects of Health Insurance\ by William A. Rushing.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1986
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Huebner international series on risk, insurance, and economic security, 5.
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(240 pages)
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9400942311
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: 9789400942318
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| Contents
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1 Introduction --;Outline of the Book --;2 Insurance, Social Relations, Moral Community, and the Cost of Medical Care --;Insurance and Social Relations --;Pooled Interdependence and Social Control --;Primitive Societies --;Mutual-Aid Societies in Europe --;Mutual-Aid Societies Among American Ethnic Groups --;Health Insurance and Expenditures for Medical Care in Japan --;Cultural Values and Behavior Patterns --;Kinship Organization --;Number of Physicians and Organization of Medical Care --;Private and Public Insurance --;3 Medical Care: Actual Effects and Public Perception --;The Historical Decline in Mortality Rates and III Health --;Cross-National Evidence --;The Special Case of Japan --;Is Curative Medicine Irrelevant? --;Contrary Evidence? --;Other Criteria for Assessing the Effectiveness of Medical Care --;Minor Ailments --;Medical Judgment as the Reason for Seeking Care --;Improvement in Role Functioning --;Stress and Anxiety Reduction --;Public Perception and Social Definition --;Conclusion --;4 Health and Economie Factors in Health Insurance --;Health of the Population --;Economic Productivity and National Efficiency --;Economic Insecurity --;Insurance as Risk Reduction --;Conclusion --;5 Cultural Factors in Health Insurance --;Medical Technology --;Moral Imperative of Medical Care as a Right --;Conclusion --;6 Health Insurance and Institutionalizing Marginal Utility Decisions --;Health Insurance and Marginal Utility --;Institutionalizing Decisions to Purchase Medical Care --;Health Insurance as Ritual --;Medical and Economic Anxiety --;The Sacred, the Profane, and Moral Anxiety --;Conclusion --;7 Health Insurance, Social Integration, and Social Cohesion --;Medical Care, Health Insurance, and Social Policy --;Provider-Patient Relations --;Class Structure --;Private Industry, Health Insurance, and Employee Morale --;Generations, Kinship Units, and the Family --;Social Policy and Social Exchange --;Conclusion --;8 Economic Costs Versus Social Benefits of Health Insurance --;Moral Hazards, Social Control, and Social Cohesion --;Implications for Medicare and Social Security --;Conclusion --;9 Health Insurance, Cost Containment, and Social Conflict: A Future Perspective --;Supply of Physicians --;Medical Technology --;Trends in Illness and Disability --;Public Attitudes and Perceptions --;Health Insurance: From Conflict Between Classes to Conflict Between Generations --;Social Security as the Source of Generational Conflict --;Social Relations Between Generations and Social Security --;The Elderly, Social Security, and the Social Control of Conflict --;Conclusion.
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Economics.
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HD7102.U4B995 1986
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William A Rushing
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