Health policy issues : an economic perspective on health reform / Paul J. Feldstein
- Bib ID:
- 596325
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Feldstein, Paul J
- Description:
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- Arlington, Va. : AUPHA Press ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Health Administration Press, 1994
- xvi, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1567930190 (alkaline paper)
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Rise in Medical Expenditures
- 2. How Much Should We Spend on Medical Care?
- 3. Do More Medical Expenditures Produce Better Health?
- 4. In Whose Interest Does the Physician Act?
- 5. Rationing Medical Services
- 6. How Much Health Insurance Should Everyone Have?
- 7. Why Are Those Who Most Need Health Insurance Least Able to Buy It?
- 8. Medicare and Medicaid
- 9. The New Medicare Physician Payment System
- 10. Physician Incomes
- 11. The Malpractice Crisis
- 12. Competition among Hospitals: Does It Raise or Lower Costs?
- 13. Vertically Integrated Health Care Organizations
- 14. Cost Shifting
- 15. Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases?
- 16. Managed Care Competition
- 17. American Competitiveness and Rising Health Costs
- 18. Why Is It So Difficult to Get into Medical School?
- 19. The Shortage of Nurses
- 20. The High Price of Prescription Drugs
- 21. Should Kidneys (and Other Organs) Be Bought and Sold?
- 22. The Role of Government in Medical Care
- 23. Medical Research, Medical Education, Alcohol Consumption, and Pollution: Who Should Pay?
- 24. The Canadian Health Care System
- 25. Employer-Mandated National Health Insurance
- 26. National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why?
- 27. Financing Long-Term Care
- 28. The Politics of Health Care Reform.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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