1st Edition
The Economics of U.S. Health Care Policy: The Role of Market Forces The Role of Market Forces
By Frank W. Musgrave
Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Designed as a primary text for courses in health care economics and policy analysis, this comprehensive work places the issues and economic analysis of the health care industry in the context of market forces driving the industry, including negotiated markets, managed care, and the growing influence of oligopolies. Written in accessible prose, without the aid of technical jargon and mathematical... Read more
List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction Health Care Choices, Trade-Offs, and Ownership of Health Care Resources; 2. The Mix of Health Services: More Market and More Government?; 3. The Pricing of Drugs: Who Benefits and Who Pays?; 4. Managed Care: Revolution, Evolution, or Devolution?; 5. The Four "C's" of the Uninsured: Causes, Characteristics, Consequences, and Corrections/Choices; 6. Medical and Health Savings Accounts: Schemes That You Can Love!; 7. The Medicare Reform School: Who Pays for the Rehabilitation?; 8. Conclusions and Policy Implications; Bibliography; Index.
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Frank W. Musgrave
