Epidemic of care : a call for safer, better, and more accountable health care
by
 
Halvorson, George C.

Title
Epidemic of care : a call for safer, better, and more accountable health care

Author
Halvorson, George C.

ISBN
9780787968885

Publication Information
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2003.

Physical Description
xxx, 271 s. : res. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Miracles cost money -- Unsafe at any cost -- Who really pays for all of that care? -- If it works or might work, you owe it to me : how Americans' entitlement to care drives up costs -- Care monopolies -- Does the United States pay fair prices by world standards? -- How the Internet is changing health care : I learned about my prosthesis on the web -- The coming crunch in health care workers -- Medical necessity calls, fee cuts, and PR errors--not a good start -- So why don't we just go to a single-payer system and save bucks like the Brits? -- Where do we go from here? : a call for a national health strategy -- Patients deserve safe care -- 401(k) equivalent choices in health care -- Most health care costs are the result of bad health -- Caregiver monopolies should not be our care model of choice -- Cut the number of uninsured in half -- Training tomorrow's caregivers and reengineering care delivery -- A call to action.

Subject Term
Sağlık Hizmeti Giderleri -- ABD
 
Sağlık Bakımı Reformu -- ABD
 
Sağlık Hizmetlerine Ulaşılabilirlik -- ABD
 
Sigorta, Sağlık -- ekonomi -- ABD
 
Health Care Costs -- United States
 
Health Care Reform -- United States
 
Health Services Accessibility -- United States
 
Insurance, Health -- economics -- United States

Added Author
Isham, George J., ed.


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf Number[[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]]Status
Health Sciences LibraryBook7.2/12/386294WA 540.AA1 H118 2003Sağlık Bilimleri Genel Koleksiyon