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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450727103321

Autore

Marmor Theodore R

Titolo

Fads, fallacies and foolishness in medical care management and policy [[electronic resource] /] / T.R. Marmor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack,  NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12082-0

9786611120825

981-270-843-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/04258

Soggetti

Managed care plans (Medical care)

Medical policy

Medical economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface to Volume 3; Contents; Introduction to Volume 3 Ivan E. Brick, Tavy Ronen; List of Contributors; Section I - Economics of Limit Orders; Section II - Essays on Liquidity of Markets; Section III - Market Rationality; Index

Sommario/riassunto

No one misses the onslaught of claims about reforming modern medical care. How doctors should be paid, how hospitals should be paid or governed, how much patients should pay when sick in co-payments, how the quality of care could be improved, and how governments and other buyers could better control the costs of care - all find expression in the explosion of medical care conference proceedings, op-eds, news bulletins, journal articles, and books. This collection of articles takes up a key set of what the author regards as particularly misleading fads and fashions - developments that produce a