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1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: When medical markets meet human nature. Can Americans shop their way to more affordable care? -- Shopping in the dark -- Who's in charge? The surprising truth about medical decisions -- What patients and doctors talk about when they talk about money -- The end of life and the limits of healthcare markets -- Part II: A recipe for smarter healthcare markets. Shining a light on healthcare prices -- Pricing healthcare to reflect value -- Coverage for what counts -- Empowering life-and-death decisions -- Simplifying insurance choices. |
| Summary |
"An informed argument for reworking the broken market-based U.S. healthcare system by making cost and quality more transparent. The United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. While policy makers have argued over who is at fault for this, the system has been quietly moving toward high-deductible insurance plans that require patients to pay large amounts out of pocket before insurance kicks in. The idea behind this shift is that patients will become better consumers of healthcare when forced to pay for their medical expenses. Laying bare the perils of the current situation, Peter A. Ubel-a physician and behavioral scientist-notes that even when patients have time to shop around, healthcare costs remain largely opaque, difficult to access, and hard to compare. Arguing for a middle path between a market-based and a completely free system, Ubel envisions more transparent, smarter healthcare plans that tie the prices of treatments to the value they provide so that people can afford to receive the care they deserve"--Publisher's description |
| Biography |
Peter A. Ubel, M.D., is the Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Professor of Business, Public Policy, and Medicine at Duke University. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumer-driven health care -- United States.
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Consumer-driven health care. |
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United States. |
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Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
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Medical care, Cost of. |
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Medical economics -- United States.
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Medical economics. |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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Health insurance -- United States.
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Medical care -- United States.
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Health insurance. |
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Medical care.
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United States. |
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Medical care. |
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy. |
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Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ubel, Peter A. Sick to debt. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] 0300238460 (DLC) 2019934886 (OCoLC)1090438204 |
| ISBN |
9780300249194 (electronic book) |
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0300249195 (electronic book) |
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9780300238464 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0300238460 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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