Anne A. Scitovsky

Anne A. Scitovsky
Born
Anne Aickelin

(1915-04-17)April 17, 1915
Ludwigshafen, Germany
DiedJanuary 6, 2012(2012-01-06) (aged 96)
California
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materBarnard College
Columbia University
SpouseTibor Scitovsky (divorced)
Scientific career
FieldsHealth economics
InstitutionsPalo Alto Medical Foundation

Anne Aickelin Scitovsky[1] (April 17, 1915 – January 16, 2012) was an American health economist. She was associated with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for most of her career and was a member of the National Academy of Medicine.[2]

Biography

Scitovsky was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on April 17, 1915, and emigrated to the United States when she was 15 with her family.[3] She earned her bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1937 and master's degree from Columbia University in 1941.[4] During World War II, she worked at the Social Security Administration with Selma Mushkin, an early pioneer in the field of health economics. During the 1950s and 60s, she was a homemaker and spent time raising her daughter.

In 1963, Scitovsky was invited to join the Palo Alto Medical Foundation to develop a program on health economics. She remained with the institute for the next 30 years.[3] Her research has focused on the changing medical costs of the elderly and people with aids, allowing her to estimate the impact of the changes in technology on medical costs.[5] She also published studies showing that demand for healthcare is influenced by what people have to pay for it long before the RAND Corporation launched its health insurance study.[6]

In 1979, Scitovsky was appointed by Jimmy Carter as one of the 11 members of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.[7]

In 1980, Scitovsky was elected a member of the Institute Of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.[8]

Personal life

Scitovsky was married to economist Tibor Scitovsky.[9] She died on January 16, 2012, in California.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mushkin, Selma J.; Small, Leila Nancy; Scitovsky, Anne A. (1946). Social Insurance Financing in Relation to Consumer Income and Expenditures. Federal Security Agency, Social Security Board, Bureau of Research and Statistics. hdl:2027/mdp.39015077748682. OCLC 572257000.[page needed][non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ Scitovsky, Anne A. (1994). "'The High Cost of Dying' Revisited". The Milbank Quarterly. 72 (4): 561–591. doi:10.2307/3350356. JSTOR 3350356. PMID 7997219.[non-primary source needed]
  3. ^ a b c "Anne Scitovsky Obituary". Legacy.com. San Francisco Chronicle. February 2012.
  4. ^ "Our Lab". Barnard Year of Science. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Scitovsky, Anne A. (January 1988). "The Economic Impact of AIDS in the United States". Health Affairs. 7 (4): 32–45. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.7.4.32. PMID 3147234.[non-primary source needed]
  6. ^ Scitovsky, Anne A; Snyder, Nelda M (June 1972). "Effect of Coinsurance on Use of Physician Services" (PDF). Social Security Bulletin. 35 (6): 3–19. ProQuest 1310468517.[non-primary source needed]
  7. ^ "President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Appointment of the Membership and Nomination of the Chairman". The American Presidency Project. July 18, 1979.
  8. ^ "Anne A. Scitovsky, M.A." National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  9. ^ Di Giovinazzo, Viviana (December 2022). "The cultural and aesthetic roots of The Joyless Economy". Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 44 (4): 556–578. doi:10.1017/S1053837221000493. S2CID 253528613.