Title: Health policy issues : an economic perspective /
Authors: Feldstein, Paul J.
Publisher: Health Administration Press ; AUPHA Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Insurance, Health; Health Care Costs; Cost Control; Economics, Medical; Medical economics United States.; Medical policy Economic aspects United States.; Medical care United States Cost control; Medical care, Cost of United States; United States; United States
Contents: Rise in 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? -- Does a physician surplus exist? -- Changing practice of medicine -- Malpractice crisis -- Do nonprofit hospitals behave differently than for-profit hospitals? -- Competition among hospitals: does it raise or lower costs? -- Cost shifting -- Can price controls limit medical expenditure increases? -- Managed care competition -- How will the internet change health care? -- American competitiveness and rising health costs -- Why is getting into medical school so difficult? -- Shortage of nurses -- 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? -- How should a Medicare prescription drug benefit be designed? -- Should kidneys and other organs be bought and sold? -- Role of government in medical care -- Medical research, medical education, alcohol consumption, and pollution: who should pay? -- Canadian health care system -- Employer-mandated national health insurance -- National health insurance: which approach and why? -- Financing long-term care -- Politics of health care reform.