He initially worked at his father's business as a fur salesman, before going back to school, attaining a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1954.
[1] Fuchs is credited with introducing the relative poverty rate, calculated as the fraction of members of a society earning less than 50% of the median income.
That shows that the typical view of Canada saving money by delivering fewer services is false and that the insurance setup, being a single-payer system, is what gives it the edge.
[10] Moreover, the lack of correspondence between both countries regarding health care coverage validates part of the narrative reported in the study, which concluded that the US spent more on physicians' services than Canada.
Notably, the factors bring to question the underlying differences in health care delivery, and the authors reported more general practitioners in Canada per capita.
The limited role of general practitioners in the US compared to Canada may imply that Canadian physicians are "more inclined to recommend additional evaluation and management services.