The cost disease : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300179286 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0300179286 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780300198157 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0300198159 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health -- Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services -- Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate -- Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do? |
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Subject: | Prices United States Medical care United States Costs College costs United States Health Care Costs United States Cost of Illness United States |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HB 235 .U6 B38 2012 | 30775305464787 | General Collection | Available | - |