Disease, diagnoses, and dollars
Subtitle: facing the ever-expanding market for medical care
By: Robert M. Kaplan.
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780387740447; 9780387740454
Subjects: Medical economics; Medical policy; Economics, Medical -- United States; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- economics -- United States; Health Care Costs -- United States; Health Policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disease, Outcomes, and Money; title: The Disease-Reservoir Hypothesis; title: Mental Models of Health and Healthcare; title: What Is Disease and When Does It Begin?; title: Screening for Cancer; title: Deciding When Blood Pressure Is Too High; title: The Cholesterol Cutoff; title: Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome; title: Cost-Effectiveness and Opportunity Costs; title: Shared Medical Decision-Making; title: Putting the pieces together.