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Author Musgrave, Frank W., 1932-

Title The economics of U.S. health care policy : the role of market forces / Frank W. Musgrave.

Imprint Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.10425 M972e 2006    ---  Available
Description xiii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.
Contents Introduction: health care choices, trade-offs, and ownership of health care resources -- The mix of health services: more market and more government? -- The pricing of drugs: who benefits and who pays? -- Managed care: revolution, evolution, or devolution? -- The four "Cs" of the uninsured: causes, characteristics, consequences, and corrections/choices -- Medical and health savings accounts: schemes that you can love! -- The medicare reform school: who pays for the rehabilitation? -- Conclusions and policy implications.
Subject Medical policy.
Medical economics.
Medical care.
Added Title Economics of US health care policy
ISBN 0765612550 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0765612569 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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