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The economics of U.S. health care policy : the role of market forces / Frank W. Musgrave.

By: Publication details: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006.Description: xiii, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0765612550 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0765612569 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Economics of US health care policy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1/0425 22
LOC classification:
  • RA395.A3 M87 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: health care choices, trade-offs, and ownership of health care resources -- The mix of health services: more market and more government? -- The pricing of drugs: who benefits and who pays? -- Managed care: revolution, evolution, or devolution? -- The four "Cs" of the uninsured: causes, characteristics, consequences, and corrections/choices -- Medical and health savings accounts: schemes that you can love! -- The medicare reform school: who pays for the rehabilitation? -- Conclusions and policy implications.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.

Introduction: health care choices, trade-offs, and ownership of health care resources -- The mix of health services: more market and more government? -- The pricing of drugs: who benefits and who pays? -- Managed care: revolution, evolution, or devolution? -- The four "Cs" of the uninsured: causes, characteristics, consequences, and corrections/choices -- Medical and health savings accounts: schemes that you can love! -- The medicare reform school: who pays for the rehabilitation? -- Conclusions and policy implications.

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