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The painful prescription : rationing hospital care / Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz.
LIBRA RA981.A2 A5 1984
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aaron, Henry J.
- Series:
- Studies in social economics
- Studies in social economics.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospital care--United States.
- Hospital care.
- Hospital utilization.
- United States.
- Hospital care--Great Britain.
- Hospital utilization--United States.
- Hospital utilization--Great Britain.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Medical policy--Great Britain.
- Great Britain.
- Health Services Needs and Demand--economics.
- Cost Control.
- Economics, Hospital.
- National health services--Great Britain.
- National health services.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medical policy.
- United States.
- Health Services Needs and Demand--economics.
- Cost Control.
- Economics, Hospital.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 161 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, [1984]
- Summary:
- In this book Aaron and Schwartz examine how the British have made those choices and draw inferences about how Americans would respond should they undertake to sharply reduce growth of medical spending. After describing the British health care system, they examine ten important medical procedures, comparing the British and American levels of care.
- Notes:
- "A study sponsored jointly by the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Brookings Institution."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815700342
- OCLC:
- 10274789
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