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An introduction to the US health care industry : balancing care, cost, and access / David S. Guzick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guzick, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- United States.
- Medical economics--United States.
- Medical economics.
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- Health Care Sector--economics.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Care Sector--economics.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Quality of Health Care.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 570 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : Health and Health Care over the Past Century
- Perfect Competition and its Applicability to Health Care Services
- Imperfections in the Market for Health Care Services
- Implications of an Imperfect Market I : Greater Utilization Due to Price Subsidies
- Implications of an Imperfect Market II : The Role of Induced Demand
- The Role of Price in Health Care Spending Growth
- Inequality of Wealth, Health, and Access to Care
- Origins and Structural Underpinnings of the US Health Care Industry
- The US Health Care Industry Takes Shape : The 1940s through 1965
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- The Affordable Care Act
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Utility Analysis
- Health Care Law
- The Safety and Quality of Patient Care
- The Cost Conundrum I : Utilization
- The Cost Conundrum II : Price: Administration, Insurers, Physicians, and Hospitals
- The Cost Conundrum III : Price: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- Inequality of Access
- Improving the Balance I : Macro Considerations
- Improving the Balance II : Enhancing Care, Reducing Cost, and Improving Access.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781421438665
- 1421438666
- Publisher Number:
- 40030241386
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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