A number of behaviours influence health in a non-monotonic way. Physical activity and alcohol consumption, for instance, may be beneficial to one's health in moderate but detrimental in large quantities. We develop a demand-for-health framework that incorporates the feature of a physiologically...

A number of behaviours influence health in a non-monotonic way. Physical activity and alcohol consumption, for instance, may be beneficial to one's health in moderate but detrimental in large quantities. We develop a demand-for-health framework that incorporates the feature of a physiologically...

The Swedish health care system is commonly characterized as a national health-service (or Beveridge) model ( Freeman, 2000 ; Blank and Burau, 2004 ). It is certainly both financed by taxes and organized as a government responsibility, but it has developed over time as a decentralized rather than...