Rx for health care reform
By: Ken Terry.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826515704; 9780826515711
Subjects: Health care reform -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Medical care -- United States; Health Care Reform -- United States; Health Care Sector -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How we got into this mess; title: 'Round and 'round on the reform carousel; title: The two faces of disease management; title: Paying for performance; title: EHRs: necessary but not sufficient; title: Can consumers direct their own care?; title: The limits of evidence; title: Supply-induced demand; title: Physicians go for the gold; title: Hospitals flex their muscles; title: Why do drugs cost so much?; title: This market needs regulation; title: Putting doctors together; title: Why groups should take financial risk; title: A real-world model for reform; title: The end of insurance as we know it; title: Getting down to nuts and bolts; title: Universal healthcare; title: Toward uniform hospital pricing; title: Let "hospitalists" take charge; title: Health planning and the CON; title: What works best in practice?; title: Must technology break the bank?; title: Toward a rational system of rationing.