| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 364 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How we got into this mess -- 'Round and 'round on the reform carousel -- The two faces of disease management -- Paying for performance -- EHRs: necessary but not sufficient -- Can consumers direct their own care? -- The limits of evidence -- Supply-induced demand -- Physicians go for the gold -- Hospitals flex their muscles -- Why do drugs cost so much? -- This market needs regulation -- Putting doctors together -- Why groups should take financial risk -- A real-world model for reform -- The end of insurance as we know it -- Getting down to nuts and bolts -- Universal health care -- Toward uniform hospital pricing -- Let "hospitalists" take charge -- Health planning and the CON -- What works best in practice? -- Must technology break the bank? -- Toward a rational system of rationing. |
| Subject |
Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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United States. |
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
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Medical care -- United States.
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Medical care. |
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Medical care. |
| ISBN |
9780826515711 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780826515704 cloth alkaline paper |
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0826515703 cloth alkaline paper |
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0826515711 paperback alkaline paper |
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