Who killed health care? : America's $2 trillion medical problem--and the consumer-driven cure / Regina Herzlinger.
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- ISBN: 9780071487801
- ISBN: 0071487808
- Physical Description: vii, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : McGraw Hill, c2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-294) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Who killed health care? -- The day health care died -- Death by a thousand cuts -- Killer number 1: the health insurers, death at the hands of a dysfunctional culture -- Killer number 2: the general hospitals, death at the hands of empire builders -- Killer number 3: the employers, death at the hands of a "choice" of one -- Killer number 4: the U.S. Congress, death at the hands of those elected to represent us -- Killer number 5: the academics, death at the hands of the elite policy makers -- The right medicine: consumer-driven health care -- How it works -- Consumer-driven benefits: lessons from other countries and industries -- How to make it happen: the carrots, the sticks, the laws -- The carrots: let medical business entrepreneurialism bloom -- The sticks: let information flow -- A bold new consumer-driven health care system: the laws and their legislators. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RA 395 .A3 H475 2007 | 30535261 | General Collection | Available | - |