Book Description
The most comprehensive and up-to-date critical analysis of the competitive health care reforms of the 1980s. Whatever the health care reimbursement policy chosen for the future, these reforms can be expected to play a major role. Topics include the case for competitive reform in health care, the role of managed care in competitive policy reforms, the effects of competition on the hospital industry, the case against competition, the prospects of rationing care in the 1990s, and comparisons with Canada and the United Kingdom. The volume editors end the book with a discussion of competitive reform and the future. Contributors include "Mary Ann Baily, David Dranove, Roger Feldman, Deborah Freund, Kathryn Langwell, Theodore Marmor, John Posnett, Charles E. Phelps, Frank A. Sloan, Kenneth E. Thorpe," and "Jack Zwanziger."
Competitive Approaches to Health Care Reform FROM THE PUBLISHER
The most comprehensive and up-to-date critical analysis of the competitive health care reforms of the 1980s. Whatever the health care reimbursement policy chosen for the future, these reforms can be expected to play a major role. Topics include the case for competitive reform in health care, the role of managed care in competitive policy reforms, the effects of competition on the hospital industry, the case against competition, the prospects of rationing care in the 1990s, and comparisons with Canada and the United Kingdom. The volume editors end the book with a discussion of competitive reform and the future. Contributors include "Mary Ann Baily, David Dranove, Roger Feldman, Deborah Freund, Kathryn Langwell, Theodore Marmor, John Posnett, Charles E. Phelps, Frank A. Sloan, Kenneth E. Thorpe," and "Jack Zwanziger."