Title: Rashi Fein papers,
Authors: Fein, Rashi.
Year: 1944
Subjects: Fein, Rashi.; Harvard Medical School Faculty.; Health care financing.; National Health Programs; National Health Insurance, United States; Medicare; Medicaid; Insurance, Health; Health Services Accessibility; Health Policy; Health Workforce; Health Care Reform; Health Care Costs; Education, Medical; Economics, Medical; Medical policy; Medical care Finance; Health care reform.; Health insurance.; Health services accessibility.; Medicaid.; Medical care, Cost of.; Medical economics.; Medical education.; Medical personnel Supply and demand; Medicare.; National health insurance.
Abstract: The Rashi Fein papers, 1944-2012 (inclusive), 1953-2000 (bulk), are the product of Fein’s professional, research, and publishing activities throughout the course of his career. Alphabetical Files (Series I) constitutes the bulk of the collection, and consists of committee records, public speaking records, and administrative and teaching records generated by Fein as a product of his service in professional organizations, public speaking activties, and his professional appointments at Harvard Medical School, the Brookings Institution, President John F. Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisors, and the University of North Carolina. The collection also contains: writings and publications, including manuscript drafts, paper reprints, typed lectures, and publication correspondence (Series II); professional correspondence related to Fein's professional activities, appointments, and research related to healthcare reform, healthcare costs and financing, access to health services, and other areas of medical economics (Series III); his class notes and coursework for undergraduate and graduate economics courses taken at Johns Hopkins University (Series IV); a bound copy of Fein's doctoral dissertation, "Factors Influencing the Location of North Carolina General Medical Practitioners: A Study in Physician Distribution," and related research data and correspondence (Series IV); audiovisual recordings of Fein's Harvard Medical School retirement event (held May 6, 1999), and of a CBS Broadcasting television special on health care in which Fein participated in 1970, "CBS Reports: Health in America: Don't Get Sick in America" (Series V); yearly appointment calendars maintained by Fein and his assistant between 1961 and 2001 (Series VI); and collected publications related to healthcare costs and financing, national health insurance, healthcare reform, and equity and access in health services (Series VII).