Victor Fuchs was the Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor of Economics and of Health Research and Policy, emeritus in Standford University.
He used economic theory to provide a framework for the collection and analysis of healthcare data. He wrote extensively on the cost of medical care and on determinants of health, with an emphasis on the role of socioeconomic factors. He spent more than five decades diagnosing the ills of the American health system, specially the health costs per capita: "The highest in the world". He also was particularly interested in the role of physician behavior and financial incentives in determining healthcare expenditures.
He was described as the dean of American health economists,
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