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Health policy issues : an economic perspective / Paul J. Feldstein.
LIBRA RA410.53 F455 2011
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Van Pelt Library RA410.53 F455 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldstein, Paul J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical economics--United States.
- Medical economics.
- Medical policy--Economic aspects.
- Medical policy.
- United States.
- Medical policy--Economic aspects--United States.
- Medical care--United States--Cost control.
- Medical care.
- Cost control.
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Economics, Medical.
- Cost Control.
- Health Care Costs.
- Insurance, Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Economics, Medical.
- United States.
- Cost Control.
- Health Care Costs.
- Insurance, Health.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Arlington, VA : Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), [2011]
- Summary:
- For students, Feldstein (health care management, U. of California, Irvine) describes the economics underlying key healthcare issues and politics. He addresses the rise of medical expenditures and whether more expenditures produce better health; rationing medical services; health insurance costs and needs; Medicare and Medicaid; the nursing shortage and potential physician shortage; the changing practice of medicine; malpractice; nonprofit hospitals; competition among hospitals and their future role; cost shifting; the effects of price controls; long-term and managed care; the difficulty of getting into medical school; the high costs of healthcare and prescription drugs; organ donation; the Canadian system; national health insurance; and other topics. This edition has updated chapters, figures, and tables, and a new chapter on comparative effectiveness research. A rewritten final chapter includes new information on healthcare reform. A summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 appears in the appendix. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The rise of medical expenditures
- How much should we spend on medical care?
- Do more medical expenditures produce better health?
- In whose interest does the physician act?
- Rationing medical services
- How much health insurance should everyone have?
- Why are those who most need health insurance least able to buy it?
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- How does medicare pay physicians?
- Is there an impending shortage of physicians?
- The changing practice of medicine
- Recurrent malpractice crises
- Do nonprofit hospitals behave differently than for-profit hospitals?
- Competition among hospitals: does it raise or lower costs?
- The future role of hospitals
- Cost shifting
- Can price controls limit medical expenditure increases?
- The evolution of managed care
- Has competition been tried-and has it failed-to improve the US healthcare system?
- Comparative effectiveness research
- US competitiveness and rising health costs
- Why is getting into medical school so difficult?
- The shortage of nurses
- The high price of prescription drugs
- Ensuring safety and efficacy of new drugs: too much of a good thing?
- Why are prescription drugs less expensive overseas?
- The pharmaceutical industry: a public policy dilemma
- Should kidneys and other organs be bought and sold?
- The role of government in medical care
- Medical research, medical education, alcohol consumption, and pollution: who should pay?
- The Canadian healthcare system
- Employer-mandated national health insurance
- National health insurance: which approach and why?
- Financing long-term care
- The politics of healthcare reform.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-542) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781567934182
- 1567934188
- OCLC:
- 712765610
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