The cost disease : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't /

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"The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William J. Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intrac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baumol, William J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Prices > United States.
Medical care > United States > Costs.
Medical economics.
Medical care, Cost of.
Fees and Charges
Economics, Medical
Health Care Costs
Universities > economics
Prix > États-Unis.
Économie de la santé.
Soins médicaux > Coût.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Microeconomics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
Medical economics
Medical care, Cost of
Prices
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health
  • Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services
  • Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate
  • Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do?

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