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What Do Economists Do? Economists Save Lives
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-12T14:23:26Z
dc.date.available2025-06-12T14:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/197708en
dc.descriptionThis 6-page chapter, intended for middle- and high school readers, explains how economists save lives through improving healthcare. In general, economists figure out ways to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare. This chapter presents three specific examples for economists' contributions to health: kidney transplant matching, evaluation of public vaccination efforts, and IRS reminders to buy healthcare.en_US
dc.description.abstractMany people think economics is all about making money and getting rich, but it is much more. This 6-page chapter, intended for middle- and high school readers, explains how economists save lives by devising better systems for matching organ donors to those needing transplants, analyzing whether public health programs like vaccination campaigns are worth taxpayers' dollars, and finding ways to expand access to healthcare.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjecteconomics, health, health care, social scienceen_US
dc.titleWhat Do Economists Do? Economists Save Livesen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan-Dearbornen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusDearbornen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/197708/1/Saving Lives through Better Health Care- jan 2025.docx
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.7302/26046
dc.identifier.sourceoriginal manuscripten_US
dc.description.filedescriptionDescription of Saving Lives through Better Health Care- jan 2025.docx : Word file of chapter about economics and healthcare
dc.description.depositorSELFen_US
dc.working.doi10.7302/26046en_US
dc.owningcollnameArts, Sciences, and Letters, College of (CASL, UM-Dearborn)


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