Who shall live? Health, economics, and social choice
Book - 2011
"In this classic book, Professor Vicor Fuchs, draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers understand the problem every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. In a new introduction to the second expanded edition, Professor Fuchs examines the major changes in health, medical care, and U.S. health policy of the past four decades. Nine of his more recent papers dealing with poverty and health, aging, the socio-economic correlates of health, the future of health economics, and his recommendations for health care reform accompany the original 1974 text. --- Health professionals, policy-makers, socia...l scientists, students, and concerned citizens will all benefit from this highly readable, authoritative, and nuanced discussion of difficult choices that lie ahead." --- from inside book
- Subjects
- Published
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New Jersey :
World Scientific
©2011.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 2nd expanded ed
- Physical Description
- xlii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index.
- ISBN
- 9789814354875
9789814354882
- Introduction to This Edition
- Preface to the Expanded Edition (1998)
- Preface to the Paperback Edition (1982)
- Acknowledgments
- WHO SHALL LIVE?
- Introduction Health and Economics
- Chapter 1. Problems and Choices
- The Problems We Face
- The Choices We Must Make
- Chapter 2. Who Shall Live?
- The First Year of Life
- Three Score and Ten
- The "Weaker" Sex
- A Tale of Two States
- Summary
- Chapter 3. The Physician: The Captain of the Team
- Caring and Curing
- "I Can't Get a Doctor"
- The "Surgeon Surplus"
- Meeting the Challenge
- Chapter 4. The Hospital: The House of Hope
- The Central Problem ù High Cost
- Hospitals Today
- Why Are Hospital Costs So High?
- How to Keep Hospital Costs from Going Higher
- Chapter 5. Drugs: The Key to Modern Medicine
- Drug Manufacturing
- Drug Retailing
- New Drugs
- Drugs and III Health
- Drug Costs
- Chapter 6. Paying for Medical Care
- The Present System
- Who?
- What?
- How?
- HMOs
- Concluding Comments
- Conclusion Health and Social Choice
- Review
- The Limits of Economics
- Recommendations
- Health, Economics, And Social Choice
- What Every Philosopher Should Know About Health Economics
- Poverty and Health; Asking the Right Questions
- From Bismarck to Woodcock: The 'Irrational' Pursuit of National Health Insurance
- Economics, Values, and Health Care Reform
- Further Thoughts On Health Economics And Health Policy
- The Future of Health Economics
- "Provide, Provide": The Economics of Aging
- Reflections on the Socio-Economic Correlates of Health
- A Comprehensive Cure: Universal Health Care Vouchers
- The Dedicated VAT Solution
- Notes
- Index