ABSTRACT
In 1927, the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, a study group appointed in response to growing public concern about the cost and accessibility of health services, began what would be five years of examination of the major issues involved. One of the committee’s staff economists was C. Rufus Rorem, Ph.D., C.P.A., an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, who also held a B.A. in political science from Oberlin College.
