Health Policy Issues : An Economic Perspective, Sixth Edition.

Intro -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Exhibits -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Rise of Medical Expenditures -- Chapter 2 How Much Should We Spend On Medical Care? -- Chapter 3 Do More Medical Expenditures Produce Better Health? -- Chapter 4 In Whose Interest Does The Physician Act? -- Chapter 5 Rationing Medical Services -- Chapter 6 How Much Health Insurance Should Everyone Have? -- Chapter 7 Why Are Those Who Most Need Health Insurance Least Able to Buy It? -- Chapter 8 Medicare -- Chapter 9 Medicaid -- Chapter 10 How Does Medicare Pay Physicians? -- Chapter 11 The Impending Shortage of Physicians -- Chapter 12 The Changing Practice of Medicine -- Chapter 13 Recurrent Malpractice Crises -- Chapter 14 Do Nonprofit Hospitals Behave Differently From For-Profit -- Chapter 15 Competition Among Hospitals: Does It Raise Or Lower Costs? -- Chapter 16 The Future Role Of Hospitals -- Chapter 17 Cost Shifting -- Chapter 18 Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases? -- Chapter 19 The Evolution of Managed Care -- Chapter 20 Has Competition Been Tried--And Has It Failed--To Improve the US Healthcare System? -- Chapter 21 Comparitive Effectiveness Research -- Chapter 22 US Competitivness And Rising Healthcare Costs -- Chapter 23 Why Is Getting Into Medical School So Difficult? -- Chapter 24 Will A Shortage Of Registered Nurses Reoccur? -- Chapter 25 The High Price Of Prescription Drugs -- Chapter 26 Ensuring Safety And Efficacy Of New Drugs: Too Much Of A Good Thing? -- Chapter 27 Why Are Prescription Drugs Less Expensive overseas? -- Chapter 28 The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Public Policy Dilemma -- Chapter 29 Should Kidneys And Other Organs Be Bought or Sold? -- Chapter 30 The Role of Governement In Medical Care.

Chapter 31 Medical Research, Medical Education, Alcohol Consumption, and Pollutiona: Who Should Pay? -- Chapter 32 The Canadian Healthcare System -- Chapter 33 Employer-Mandated National Health Insurance -- Chapter 34 National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why? -- Chapter 35 Financing Long-Term Care -- Chapter 36 The Politics of Healthcare Reform -- Appendix: A Brief Summaryt of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author.

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