Big Med : Megaproviders and the High Cost of Health Care in America /

There is little debate that health care in the United States is in need of reform. But where should those improvements begin? With insurers? Drug makers? The doctors themselves? In Big Med, David Dranove and Lawton Robert Burns argue that we're overlooking the most ubiquitous cause of our costl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dranove, David (Autor), Burns, Lawton Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Health facilities > United States > Business management.
Health facilities-United States-Business management.
Medical economics > United States.
Medical economics-United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
insurers, scale, economies, economics, Hospital, System, Antitrust, Competition, macroeconomics, medicare, governance, pharma, insurance, coverage, healthcare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Evolution of the Modern Hospital
  • Chapter 2: From Hospital to Health System
  • Chapter 3: Why Integration Failed
  • Chapter 4: The Fall and Rise of the Antitrust Agencies
  • Chapter 5: History Repeating: The Second Wave of Integration
  • Chapter 6: Integration Is Still Failing
  • Chapter 7: New Antitrust Challenges
  • Chapter 8: Countervailing Power
  • Chapter 9: Will Disruptors Save the Health Economy?
  • Chapter 10: Recommendations for Competition Policy
  • Chapter 11: Recommendations for Management Policy
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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