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Robertson, Christopher T., 1975- author.
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368.38200973 23
Publication Date
2019
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"In Exposed, Christopher Robertson looks at a widely-shared point of agreement in the political battle over how to reshape U.S. healthcare: Nearly all sides believe that health insurance coverage should be incomplete. Driven by a particular economic theory of valuation, the law now reflects this consensus that patients should bear a substantial part of the costs of their own healthcare. In theory, this strategy empowers patients to make cost-benefit tradeoffs as they decide which healthcare to consume, and it could thereby be a force for efficiency in a healthcare system that is rife with waste. But, in fact, this approach to financing healthcare can erode the very purposes of insurance, as it keeps people from valuable care and drives patients into bankruptcy. Contrary to the traditional economic theory of "moral hazard," Robertson identifies the real problems driving wasteful healthcare spending as a lack of good scientific evidence about what healthcare works. Exposed develops an alternative economic framework to understand the real purpose of insurance, pooling resources to provide access to care that would otherwise be unaffordable to individuals"--
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Garber, Steven, 1950-
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362.10973
Publication Date
2014
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New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. This report identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals: (1) Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits, and (2) ensure that new medical products that increase spending are accompanied by health benefits that are worth the spending increases.
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Miller, Richard K. (Richard Kendall), 1946- author.
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338.4336210973 23
Publication Date
2013
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A strategic business planning resource for executives in medical and health care organizations. It identifies market trends, ideas to expand current business activities, and provides data to support strategic planning and market development efforts.
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Faguet, Guy B., author.
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362.10681 23
Publication Date
2013
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Responsibility for the current inequitable and costly health system is widely shared among all players. This book by a Professor of Medicine with 30 years of teaching and clinical experience analyzes the situation and proposes a solution that, just like the problem, will rely on all parties in a bid to endow America with an equitable and affordable universal health system.
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Kotlikoff, Laurence J.
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368.4200973 22
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2007
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Deyo, Richard A.
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610.28 22
Publication Date
2005
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Annotation Medical science has always promised -- and often delivered -- a longer, better life. But as the pace of science accelerates, do our expectations become unreasonable, fueled by an industry bent on profits and a media desperate for big news?Hope or Hype is a taboo-shattering look at what drives the American obsession with medical "miracles," exposing the equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; doctors and hospitals too quick to order surgery; the politicians; the press; and our own "technoconsumption" mindset. The authors spread blame for the parade of so-called miracle cures that too often are marginally effective at best -- and sometimes downright dangerous. They examine consumers? eager embrace of medical advances, and present riveting stories of the conscientious doctors and researchers who blew the whistle on ineffective treatments. Finally, they provide sane, practical recommendations for the adoption of new developments. The consequences of questionable practices include costly recalls, billions in wasted money, and the pain and suffering of innumerable patients and their families. In short, they must stop.
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