Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice

Name: Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice
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ISBN: 9789814354882

ISBN-10: 9814354880

ISBN-13: 9789814354882

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Victor R. Fuchs

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Fuchs provides clear explanations and memorable examples of the importance of the non-medical determinants of health, the dominant role of physicians in health care expenditures, the necessity of choices about health at the individual and societal levels, and many other compelling themes.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 345
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction to This Edition


Preface to the Expanded Edition (1998)


Preface to the Paperback Edition (1982)


Acknowledgments


Who Shall Live?


Introduction Health and Economics



Problems and Choices


The Problems We Face


The Choices We Must Make



Who Shall Live?


The First Year of Life


Three Score and Ten


The ï¿½Weakerï¿½ Sex


A Tale of Two States


Summary



The Physician: The Captain of the Team


Caring and Curing


ï¿½I Can't Get a Doctorï¿½


The ï¿½Surgeon Surplusï¿½


Meeting the Challenge



The Hospital: The House of Hope


The Central Problem - High Cost


Hospitals Today


Why Are Hospital Costs So High?


How to Keep Hospital Costs from Going Higher



Drugs: The Key to Modern Medicine


Drug Manufacturing


Drug Retailing


New Drugs


Drugs and Ill Health


Drug Costs


Ethical Problems



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


ï¿½Provide, Provideï¿½: 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