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Dying for Money
Author(s) -
Fung K. K.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02547.x
Subject(s) - de facto , compensation (psychology) , actuarial science , business , health care , action (physics) , health insurance , medicine , law and economics , economics , law , psychology , political science , economic growth , physics , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
A bstract . A major cause of spiralling health‐care cost is aggressive treatment of major illnesses by health‐care providers The insured patient also demands such an expensive course of action because he pays only a small portion of the cost and is not given a more attractive alternative. If the patient is offered compensation to give up his de facto right to aggressive treatment, insurance premium can be reduced. Physician‐assisted death with benefit conversion is discussed as a means for such an exchange.