Health policy issues : an economic perspective /

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Author / Creator:Feldstein, Paul J.
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Arlington, VA : Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), ©2011.
Description:xxii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8534452
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ISBN:9781567934182
1567934188
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-542) and index.

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505 0 |a 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? -- Is there an impending shortage of physicians? -- The changing practice of medicine -- Recurrent malpractice crises -- 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 US healthcare system? -- Comparative effectiveness research -- US 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 healthcare system -- Employer-mandated national health insurance -- National health insurance: which approach and why? -- Financing long-term care -- The politics of healthcare reform. 
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