Research Catalog

Title

Who shall live? : health, economics, and social choice / Victor R. Fuchs.

Author

Fuchs, Victor R.

Publication

• New York : Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, [1975]
• ©1974

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Details

Additional Authors

Basic Books (Firm), publisher.

Description

vi, 168 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Monograph on the economics of health service delivery in the USA - considers social role of physicians and the rising costs of hospital care and drugs, etc., reviews current health and mortality trends, and suggests government policy measures to improve access to health care at reduced cost. References and statistical tables.

Subject

• Medical economics > United States
• Medical care > United States
• Medical economics
• Medical care
• Economics, Medical
• Delivery of Health Care
• Patient Care
• Medical care
• Medical economics
• economics
• health service
• social role
• physician
• cost
• hospital
• drug
• health
• mortality
• trend
• government policy
• statistical table
• sciences économiques
• service de santé
• rôle social
• médecin
• coût
• hôpital
• drogue
• santé
• mortalité
• tendance
• politique gouvernementale
• tableau statistique
• ciencias económicas
• servicio de salud
• papel social
• médico
• costo
• droga
• salud
• mortalidad
• tendencia
• política gubernamental
• cuadros estadísticos
• United States
• USA
• Etats-Unis
• Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

• reference.
• référence bibliographique.
• referencia.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction. Health and economics -- Problems and choices -- Who shall live? -- The physician : the captain of the team -- The hospital : the house of hope -- Drugs : the key to modern medicine -- Paying for medical care -- Health and social choice.

ISBN

• 0465091857
• 9780465091850

LCCN

74079283

OCLC

• ocm01009852
• 1009852
• SCSB-112492

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library