Title: The Hippocratic predicament : affordability, access, and accountability in American medicine /
Authors: Kaplan, Robert M.
Publisher: Academic Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Health Services Accessibility economics; Health Priorities economics; Health Policy; Medical care United States; Medical care, Cost of United States; Medical policy United States; Cost Control; United States
Contents: What Is the Problem? -- Proposed Solutions -- A General Health Policy Model -- The Oregon Experiment -- Ethical Issues Raised by the Oregon Experiment -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Ch. 1. Three Problems Contributing to the Crisis in American Health Care -- Common Misconceptions to Be Challenged -- The Medical Care Crisis at the University of California: A Case Study -- Guidelines and Models -- Cost Shifting -- Who Is Concerned about the Problem? -- The Hippocratic Predicament -- Summary -- Ch. 2. Look at Solutions -- Simple Solutions -- The Alphabet Soup of Policies to Control Costs -- Summary -- Ch. 3. Review of Current Proposals -- A Dozen Solutions -- The Current Major Alternatives -- Synthesis -- Current Active Proposals -- Summary -- Ch. 4. A General Health Policy Model for Setting Priorities in Health Policy -- Utility -- Is More Better? -- Apples versus Oranges -- Measurement of Health Status -- Comparisons across Diagnoses -- The Incremental Outcome Problem --^