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Victor Fuchs and Karen Eggleston

Chapter 9 in Who Shall Live?:Health, Economics and Social Choice, 2023, pp 143-230 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Problems and ChoicesMajor Concepts of Health Care EconomicsMajor Trends in the U.S. Health Economy Since 1950Who Shall LiveThe New Demographic Transition: Most Gains in Life Expectancy Now Realized Late in LifeSocial Determinants of Health: Caveats and NuancesThe Physician: The Captain of the TeamThe Structure of Medical Education — It’s Time for a ChangeThe Doctor’s Dilemma — What Is “Appropriate” Care?The Hospital: The House of HopeHow to Save $1 Trillion Out of Health CareDrugs: The Key to Modern MedicinePreface to “Innovation and Shortage: The Yin and Yang of the Health Sector”Innovation and Shortage: The Yin and Yang of the Health SectorPaying for Medical CareWe Can’t Have Everything: The Role of Payment for Volume and Choice of Providers in Fueling Health Care ExpendituresConclusionStabilizing Health Care’s Share of the GDPOnline Appendix: Stabilizing Health Care’s Share of the Gross Domestic Product

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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