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Health policy issues : an economic perspective / Paul J. Feldstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldstein, Paul J., author.
- 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.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Other Title:
- HEALTH POLICY ISSUES
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Health Administration Press (HAP) ; Arlington, Virginia : Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- 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?
- The impending shortage of physicians
- The changing practice of medicine
- Recurrent malpractice crises
- Do nonprofit hospitals behave differently from 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 healthcare costs
- Why is getting into medical school so difficult?
- Will a shortage of registered nurses reoccur?
- 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
- Appendix: a brief summary of the patient protection and affordable care act of 2010.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (R2 Digital Library, viewed December 14, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Feldstein, Paul J. Health policy issues.
- ISBN:
- 9781567937435
- 1567937438
- OCLC:
- 945768424
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license. Single-user access only.
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