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Is America getting what it pays for? : the costs of healthcare in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world / Douglas A. Perednia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perednia, Douglas A.
- Series:
- FT Press Delivers elements.
- FT Press Delivers elements
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Medical care--United States--Finance.
- Medical care.
- Health care reform--United States.
- Health care reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([9] p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- Costs of healthcare in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : FTPress Delivers, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Available in print and digital formats. We’re paying more for healthcare than anyone else on in the world. Are we really getting what we’re paying for? To justify the status quo, politicians, insurers, and the media say many stupid things--as when they remind us we have the “best healthcare in the world.” The implication: We’re getting what we’re paying for, and the high price is simply the cost of being #1. But is this really true? Most of these pronouncements are consistently, suspiciously vague....
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Imprint from p. [9].
- This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's healthcare machine : stop the bleeding and save trillions (ISBN: 9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Cf. Resource description page.
- "An e-burst of inspiration from the best books."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [8]).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613017925
- 9780132697644
- 0132697645
- 9781283017923
- 128301792X
- 9780132696937
- 0132696932
- OCLC:
- 729256325
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