Health policy issues : an economic perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Feldstein, Paul J., author. |
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, Illinois : Health Administration Press (HAP) ; Arlington, Virginia : Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), 2015. |
| Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | AUPHA/HAP Book AUPHA/HAP Book. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016654 |
Table of Contents:
- The rise of 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?
- The impending shortage of physicians
- The changing practice of medicine
- Recurrent malpractice crises
- Do nonprofit hospitals behave differently from 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 us healthcare system?
- Comparative effectiveness research
- Us competitiveness and rising healthcare costs
- Why is getting into medical school so difficult?
- Will a shortage of registered nurses reoccur?
- 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 healthcare system
- Employer-mandated national health insurance
- National health insurance: which approach and why?
- Financing long-term care
- The politics of healthcare reform
- Appendix: a brief summary of the patient protection and affordable care act of 2010.