The Doctor’s Dilemma — What Is “Appropriate” Care?

Victor Fuchs

Chapter 19 in Health Economics and Policy:Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs, 2018, pp 213-216 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Most physicians want to deliver “appropriate” care. Most want to practice “ethically.” But the transformation of a small-scale professional service into a technologically complex sector that consumes more than 17 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product makes it increasingly difficult to know what is “appropriate” and what is “ethical.” When escalating health care expenditures threaten the solvency of the federal government and the viability of the U.S. economy, physicians are forced to reexamine the choices they make in caring for patients…

Keywords: Health; Medical Care; Health Policy; Economics; Health Care Reform; Health Insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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