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Epidemic of Care
A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care
by George C. Halvorson ; George J. Isham
ISBN: 0787968889
ISBN-13: 9780787968885
Format: Hardcover
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“ This well-written book describes…in great depth the many problems that health care in the United States encounter…” (International Journal of Integrated Care, 2 August 2004)
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 240
Publisher's Notes
Health care premiums in the U.S. are escalating from twelve to twenty percent a year— with no end in sight. The impact of those cost increases on both employers and employees will be huge. Workers will see a direct cut in their take-home pay. Millions will lose health insurance coverage completely. Senior citizens on fixed incomes will be hit particularly hard, as premiums for their Medicare supplement plans and prescription drug costs climb. Frustrated and angry, people will soon be demanding a solution from their elected officials, and, for the first time in recent memory, the size of our unemployed population will become a real political issue rather than just the subject of energetic rhetoric. It is time to recognize that we are moving into a major health care crisis in this country, a crisis driven by the way we deliver, receive, and pay for care.
Epidemic of Care offers a comprehensive assessment of the factors behind the cost crisis, how the crisis will escalate, and what can be done to improve the situation. A blueprint for getting to a coherent national health policy, this book calls for a collaboration between different parts of the private sector, state and local governments, and, at times, the federal government— with a formula that can succeed no matter who rules Congress. Authors George C. Halvorson and George J. Isham, M.D.— two individuals who have made an impressive impact on the national health care scene— provide some practical, field-tested, sometimes controversial suggestions about how to make health care in this country more accountable, more efficient, more valuable, and more affordable.
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Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care {FIRST EDITION}
Halvorson, George C. And George J. Isham. MD
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 2003. "EPIDEMIC OF CARE offers a comprehensive assessment of the factors behind the cost crisis, how the crisis will escalate, and what can be done to improve the situation. A blueprint for getting to a coherent national health policy, this book calls for a collaboration between different parts of the private sector, state and local governments, and, at times, the federal government-with a formula that can succees no matter who rules Congress." This book has 271 pages.. ISBN: 07879-6888-9. First Edition {Fourth Printing}. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MEDICAL CARE COST ECONOMICS PRACTICE. ( more information)
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Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care
Halvorson, George C. And George J. Isham, M.D
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 2003. "EPIDEMIC OF CARE offers a comprehensive assessment of the factors behind the cost crisis, how the crisis will escalate, and what can be done to improve the situation. A blueprint for getting to a coherent national health policy, this book calls for a collaboration between different parts of the private sector, state and local govbernments, and, at times, the federal government...." This book has 271 pages. The book is a SIGNED PRESENTATION copy from the author, George J. Isham, M.D.. ISBN: 0-7879-6888-9. Signed by Author. First Edition {First Printing}. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MEDICAL CARE COST ECONOMICS PRACTICE. ( more information)
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