Health policy issues : an economic perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Feldstein, Paul J. |
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Washinbgton, DC : AUPHA Press, c2003. |
| Description: | xviii, 483 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4863776 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 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
- 9. Medicaid
- 10. How Does Medicare Pay Physicians?
- 11. Does a Physician Surplus Exist?
- 12. The Changing Practice of Medicine
- 13. The Malpractice Crisis
- 14. Do Nonprofit Hospitals Behave Differently than For-profit Hospitals?
- 15. Competition Among Hospitals: Does It Raise or Lower Costs?
- 16. Cost Shifting
- 17. Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases?
- 18. Managed Care Competition
- 19. How Will the Internet Change Health Care?
- 20. American Competitiveness and Rising Health Costs
- 21. Why Is Getting into Medical School So Difficult?
- 22. The Shortage of Nurses
- 23. The High Price of Prescription Drugs
- 24. Ensuring Safety and Efficacy of New Drugs: Too Much of a Good Thing?
- 25. Why Are Prescription Drugs Less Expensive Overseas?
- 26. How Should a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Be Designed?
- 27. Should Kidneys and Other Organs Be Bought and Sold?
- 28. The Role of Government in Medical Care
- 29. Medical Research, Medical Education, Alcohol Consumption, and Pollution: Who Should Pay?
- 30. The Canadian Health Care System
- 31. Employer-mandated National Health Insurance
- 32. National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why?
- 33. Financing Long-term Care
- 34. The Politics of Health Care Reform
- Appendix. Discussion Questions
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
