| Description |
xii, 199 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The promise and the problem -- The British system -- Matters of life and death -- Quality of life -- Diagnoses -- Rationing and efficiency -- Efficiency and inefficiency in British health care -- Rationing health care in the United States. |
| Summary |
"Examines the use of rationing as a means to curb health care spending, using the experience of Great Britain to highlight the promises and pitfalls of this approach"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Health care rationing -- Great Britain.
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Health care rationing. |
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Great Britain. |
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Health care rationing -- United States.
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United States. |
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Medical care, Cost of -- Great Britain.
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Medical care, Cost of. |
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Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, William B., 1922-2009.
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| ISBN |
0815701209 cloth alkaline paper |
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0815701217 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780815701200 |
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9780815701217 |
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