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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457870703321

Autore

Aaron Henry J

Titolo

Can we say no [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge of rationing health care / / Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz with Melissa Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81337-7

9786610813377

0-8157-9794-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwartzWilliam B

CoxMelissa

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Health care rationing

Medical care, Cost of

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

The promise and the problem -- The British system -- Matters of life and death -- Quality of life -- Diagnoses -- Rationing and efficiency -- Efficiency and inefficiency in British health care -- Rationing health care in the United States.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the use of rationing as a means to curb health care spending, using the experience of Great Britain to highlight the promises and pitfalls of this approach"--Provided by publisher.