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

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

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 ver...

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1. Verfasser: Baumol, William J. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: De Ferranti, David M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Haven, London Yale University Press 2012
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Gesundheitskosten > Bildungsfinanzierung > Arbeitsintensität > USA > Medical care, Cost of > Health Care Costs > Cost of Illness > Gesundheitsausgaben > Hochschulfinanzierung > Kostensteigerung > Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Zusammenfassung: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?
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 207-235
Beschreibung:XXI, 249 Seiten
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ISBN:9780300198157
978-0-300-19815-7
9780300179286
978-0-300-17928-6