Medical-interventions-were-not-important-in-the-historical-declines-in-mortality-rates
1. “Medical interventions were not important in the historical declines in mortality rates, but that does not imply that medical research was unimportant.†Explain this viewpoint.
2. Chapter 5 Exercise 1. In addition to showing how the curve changes when E is increased to 15 discuss this in words.
3. Chapter 6 Exercise 4
4. Given the nature of the cost function and possible economies of scale and scope, does a policy encouraging large, centralized hospitals seem wise? Will market forces tend to reward centralization of hospital services?
5. Chapter 7 Exercise 3
6. Chapter 7 Exercises 4 and 5
(Chapter 5 exercise 1 is on page 104. Chapter 6 exercise 4 is on page 128. Chapter 7 exercise 3,4,5 is on page 146, 147 in the attached textbook.)