Chicago Tribune February 17, 2020
Imagine if U.S. health policy were established by the consensus of health economists. What would the system look like? A survey of nearly 200 Ph.D. health economists working in the United States provides some clues.
The survey, presented at the American Society of Health Economists conference in Washington last summer, was conducted by health economists John Cawley of Cornell University, Michael Morrisey of Texas A&M and Kosali Simon of Indiana University.
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