Introduction

Victor Fuchs

Chapter 44 in Health Economics and Policy:Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs, 2018, pp 567-571 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Identification of paternity can be controversial, especially in academia where there is no reliable laboratory test for intellectual DNA. I believe, however, that my presence at the scene in the 1960s, when modern health economics was born, and my participation in the field ever since, qualifies me to identify the “founding fathers.” In my judgement, Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, and Martin Feldstein, each in their own distinct way, deserve recognition for important original contributions, which transformed a field that until the 1960s was primarily descriptive and institutional…

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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