Description |
xviii, 265 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index. |
Contents |
Preface -- Our broken American health care system -- Consumer-driven prescription -- Consumer-driven health care advocates : who they are and what they believe -- Consumer-driven health care the first time around -- Nonaccidental system -- Origins of consumer-driven health care : a short history of American health economics -- Theoretical foundations of consumer-driven health care -- But does it work? The evidence for and against consumer-driven health care -- Legal, ethical, and regulatory issues presented by consumer-driven health care -- Are consumers our only hope? How other countries organize their health care systems -- How to fix our broken health care system : where do we start? |
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 -- United States -- Cost control.
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Medical care. |
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Cost control. |
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Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
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Medical care, Cost of. |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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Medical care. |
ISBN |
9780822341246 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780822341017 cloth alkaline paper |
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0822341018 cloth alkaline paper |
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0822341247 paperback alkaline paper |
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