Flatlined : Resuscitating American Medicine /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clifton, Guy L., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Health insurance > trends > United States.
Hospitals > trends > United States.
Emergency Medical Services > organization & administration > United States.
Economics, Medical > trends > United States.
Health Care Reform > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Not business as usual
  • Unreliable emergency services
  • An eroding infrastructure
  • Fifteen years lost
  • Handed health care's leftovers
  • Where we are headed
  • Thirty percent waste-or fifty?
  • Poor quality primary care
  • Dangerous hospitals
  • Violation of dignity: the end of life
  • Unnecessary surgery
  • Perverse payment incentives
  • Three pathways to hospital profitability
  • Pharmaceuticals: remarkable innovation, shameless puffery
  • Private health insurance: no added value
  • The end of the employer-based tax subsidy
  • No coverage expansion without cost control
  • A workable plan for reform
  • Establishing standards
  • Prioritizing primary care
  • Reducing spending on hospitals and specialists
  • Positioning of a national medical quality system.

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