Health care cost containment /

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Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1990.
Description:ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Johns Hopkins studies in health care finance and administration ; no. 3
Johns Hopkins studies in health care finance and administration 3.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1008463
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Other authors / contributors:Davis, Karen, 1942-
ISBN:0801838754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801838746 (hard : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258).
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Summary:Evaluates federal and private sector efforts over the past 15 years to limit rising health care costs. Examining the "market-centered" approach of altering incentives for providers of health care, the authors find that regulation was more efficient than market forces in limiting costs. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Physical Description:ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258).
ISBN:0801838754
0801838746