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Economics, Values, and Health Care Reform

In: Health Economics and Policy Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs

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Interest in health economics has soared over the past three decades, stimulated by intellectual innovations, greater availability of data, and, most importantly, a surge in health care spending from 6 to 14 percent of GDP. An 11-fold increase in the number of Ph.D.s has enabled many professional schools, government agencies, and research institutes to add health economists to their staffs. Nevertheless, the health care debate of 1993–1994 benefited much less than it could have from the results of their research…

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  • Victor R. Fuchs, 2018. "Economics, Values, and Health Care Reform," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Health Economics and Policy Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs, chapter 39, pages 497-531, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Health; Medical Care; Health Policy; Economics; Health Care Reform; Health Insurance;
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    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development

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