Victor R. Fuchs, MA, PhD
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor of Economics and of Health Research and Policy, Emeritus; FSI Senior Fellow and CHP/PCOR Core Faculty MemberNational Bureau of Economic Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-8715
Research Interests
universal health coverage; factors determining healthcare spending, especially the role of medical innovations, physician behavior, financial incentives and organizational structure; determinants of health, especially medical innovations, social and physical environments, socioeconomic factors and individual behaviors
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A Collection of Articles on U.S. Health Reform
Victor R. Fuchs
SIEPR vol. 1 (2010)
- Eliminating Waste in Health Care
Victor R. Fuchs
Journal of the American Medical Association vol. 302, 22 (2009)

Four Health Care Reforms for 2009
Victor R. Fuchs
New England Journal of Medicine vol. epub (2009)
Cost Shifting Does Not Reduce the Cost of Health Care
Victor R. Fuchs
Journal of the American Medical Association vol. 302, 9 (2009)
The Proposed Government Health Insurance Company -- No Substitute for Real Reform
Victor R. Fuchs
New England Journal of Medicine vol. 360, 22 (2009)
- Toward a 21st-Century Health Care System: Recommendations for Health Care Reform
Kenneth J. Arrow, Auerbach A, Bertko J, Brownlee S, Casalino LP, Cooper J, Crosson J, Alain C. Enthoven, Falcone E, Feldman RC, Victor R. Fuchs, Alan M. Garber, Gold MR, Goldman D, Hadfield GK, Hall MA, Horwitz RI, Hooven M, Jacobson PD, Stoltzfus Jost T, Kotlikoff LJ, Levin J, Levine S, Levy R, Linscott K, Harold S. Luft, Marshal R, McFadden D, Mechanic D, Meltzer D, Newhouse JP, Noll RG, Pietzsch JB, Pizzo P, Reischauer RD, Rosenbaum S, Sage W, Schaeffer LD, Sheen E, Siilber BM, Skinner J, Stephen M. Shortell, Thier SO, Sean S. Tunis, Wulsin L, Yock P, Nun GB, Stirling Bryan, Luxenburg O Luxenburg O, van de Ven PMM
Annals of Internal Medicine vol. 150, 7 (2009)
Reforming US Health Care: Key Considerations for the New Administration
Victor R. Fuchs
JAMA vol. 301, 9 (2009)
- Health Reform: Getting The Essentials Right
Victor R. Fuchs
Health Affairs vol. 28, 2 (2009)
- Health Care Reform -- Why So Much Talk and So Little Action?
Victor R. Fuchs
New England Journal of Medicine vol. 360, 3 (2008)
Who Really Pays for Health Care? The Myth of "Shared Responsibility"
EJ Emanuel, Victor R. Fuchs
Journal of the American Medical Association vol. 299, 9 (2008)
Employment-Based Health Insurance: Past, Present, and Future
Alain C. Enthoven, Victor R. Fuchs
Health Affairs vol. 25, 6 (2006)





