Title: Redefining health care systems /
Authors: Brook, Robert H. 1943- ,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Delivery of Health Care organization & administration; Health Status; Health Services Research; United States
Contents: Health status can be measured -- Free care increases health service use but does not improve health -- Patient copayments strongly influence health care use -- How physicians are paid influences how they practice -- Quality of care can be measured -- Quality of care varies -- The appropriateness of care can be determined -- Geography is a strong predictor of health service use -- Depression, a leading cause of morbidity, is poorly detected and poorly treated -- Physicians and patients need tools to support decisionmaking -- Person's waste is another's income -- Social factors are powerful determinants of health -- Science and technology will increase health care costs.