Who killed health care? America's $2 trillion medical problem--and the consumer-driven cure /
| Main Author: | Herzlinger, Regina E. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
McGraw Hill,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
vii, 304 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-294) and index. 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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| Physical Description: |
vii, 304 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-294) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780071487801 0071487808 |