Who Shall Live?

Victor Fuchs and Karen Eggleston

Chapter 3 in Who Shall Live?:Health, Economics and Social Choice, 2023, pp 29-51 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Good health and long life have traditionally been among the most prized goals of humankind. In every age and in every land there have been significant efforts to postpone death, whether through sacred dance and song, the imbibing of magic potions, or the application of the most modern medical techniques…

Keywords: Health; Economics; Health Economics; Health Care; Health Policy; Medicine; Medical Care; Health Systems; Health Insurance; Pandemic; COVID-19; ACA; Obamacare; Health Expenditures; Health Care Spending; Health Care Utilization; Health Outcomes; Life Expectancy; Mortality; Social Choice; Innovation; Personalized Medicine; Opioids; Opioid Epidemic; Deaths of Despair; Health Disparities; Social Determinants of Health; Hospitals; Doctors; Physicians; Patients; Polarization; Partisan Politics; Values; Inflation; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I13 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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