Mises Wire
Author:
Michel Accad, MD
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[Editor’s Note: This Q & A with Dr. Michel Accad, M.D. on the economic history of modern medicine covers the Great Depression to modern times. Part 1 covers the “pre-Flexner era” to the Great Depression.] Q: What alternative models of health care payment were sought during the Great Depression? A: Taken aback by the sudden surplus of hospital