Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care /

Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care Robert M. Kaplan, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA Close to 50 Million Uninsured, Steeply Rising Insurance Premiums, Employers Cutting Healthcare Benefits . . . There's plenty wrong with this picture....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaplan, Robert M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Medical sciences.
Health Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disease, Outcomes, and Money
  • The Disease-Reservoir Hypothesis
  • Mental Models of Health and Healthcare
  • What Is Disease and When Does It Begin?
  • Screening for Cancer
  • Deciding When Blood Pressure Is Too High
  • The Cholesterol Cutoff
  • Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome
  • Cost-Effectiveness and Opportunity Costs
  • Shared Medical Decision-Making
  • Putting the Pieces Together.

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