Curing Medicare : a doctor's view on how our health care system is failing older Americans and how we can fix it /

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Maintains that the current Medicare payment structure favors aggressive care that can negatively impact quality of life over palliative and home care which often yields better results, and argues for cost-effective changes that can make Medicare more humane.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lazris, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
Temas:
Medicare.
Older people > Medical care > United States.
Geriatrics > United States.
Older people.
Medicare
Long-Term Care > methods
Quality of Health Care
Geriatrics > methods
Aged
Personnes âgées > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Gériatrie > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées.
elderly.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Risk Assessment & Management.
MEDICAL > Medicaid & Medicare.
Geriatrics.
Older people > Medical care.
United States
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : my boss
  • Defining quality : the quest for numerical perfection
  • Defining thorough : finding and fixing everything
  • Excessive specialization, expectation, and litigation
  • Hospitalization : the pinnacle of thorough
  • Long term care : the unwitting geriatric ICU
  • Quality and value : moving toward a cure
  • Afterword : redefining thorough.

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