Title Health policy issues : an economic perspective / Paul J. Feldstein

Edition 4th ed Published Chicago, Ill. : Health Administration Press ; Washington, D.C. : AUPHA Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 561 pages) : illustrations Contents The Rise in 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? -- There an Impending Shortage of Physicians? -- The Changing Practice of Medicine -- The Malpractice Crisis -- 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 U.S. Health Care System? -- How Will the Internet Change Health Care? -- U.S. 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 Health Care System -- Employer-Mandated National Health Insurance -- National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why? -- Financing Long-Term Care -- The Politics of Health Care Reform Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Medical economics -- United States Medical policy -- Economic aspects -- United States Medical care -- United States -- Cost control Medical care, Cost of -- United States Medical care, Cost of. Medical economics. Health Policy -- economics Health Care Costs Health Expenditures Economics, Medical BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service. Medical care -- Cost control Medical care, Cost of Medical economics Medical policy -- Economic aspects United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781567932898 1567932894

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