Still broken : understanding the U.S. health care system / Stephen M. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Stephen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on the author's 30+ years of studying and teaching about the U.S. health care system, Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Health Care System provides clear and comprehensive tools to improve our declining health care system.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Problems with the U.S. Health Care System; 1. The Promise and Disappointment of U.S. Medical Care; 2. How Much We Spend; 3. What We Get for What We Spend; 4. Trouble in the Delivery Subsystem; Part Two: Solutions; 5. Why the Problems Need to Be Solved and the Goals of Reform; 6. What Caused These Problems, and How Can We Attack Them?; 7. Competition and the Market or the Public Sector?; 8. Elements of a Solution for Increasing Access to Health Care, Improving Quality of Care, and Containing Health Care Expenditures

Part Three: Politics!9. A Short History of Health Care Reform Efforts; 10. The Politics of Reform: Elements of a Strategy to Break the Logjam; 11. Strategy and Compromise; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804771344

0804771340

OCLC:

645099654