| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-308) and index. |
| Contents |
In health care, geography is destiny -- The Vermont experience -- Tonsillectomy and medical opinion -- Interpreting the pattern of surgical variation -- Understanding the market for preference-sensitive surgery -- Learning what works and what patients want -- The birth and near death of comparative effectiveness research -- Understanding supply-sensitive care -- Chronic illness and practice variation -- Is more better? -- Are America's "best hospitals" really the best? -- Ten top reasons why we need reform the way we manage chronic illness -- Promoting organized care and reducing overuse -- Establishing informed patient choice as a standard of care -- Six ways to control cost, accelerate reform, and save the economy -- The challenge of unwarranted variation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States.
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Outcome assessment (Medical care) |
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United States. |
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Medicine, Comparative -- United States.
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Medicine, Comparative. |
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Regional medical programs -- United States.
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Regional medical programs. |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care. |
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'. |
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Health Care Reform. |
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Health Resources. |
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Health Services Accessibility. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wennberg, John E. Tracking medicine. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199731787 |
| ISBN |
9780199780242 (electronic book) |
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0199780242 (electronic book) |
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