A Contextualist Approach to Health Economics

This paper departs from the standard abstract economics approach to health develop a specifically contextualist subject emphasizing social and historical circumstances affecting provision. Following Polanyi, it sees economy as socially embedded economic relationships relationships. The critically examines Grossman’s natural science utility maximization explanation of people’s demand for care, advances an alternative account using two-way analysis between micro level macro organization in society. Three significant trends future systems are discussed. closes with comments on influence psychology form behavioral development economics.