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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817300803321

Titolo

Assessing health care reform / / Committee on Assessing Health Care Reform Proposals ; Marilyn J. Field, Kathleen N. Lohr, and Karl D. Yordy, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993

ISBN

1-280-19594-0

9786610195947

0-309-59820-6

0-585-08558-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vi, 76 p

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)

LohrKathleen N. <1941->

YordyKarl D

Disciplina

362.1/0973

Soggetti

Medical care - United States - Finance

Medical care - United States - Cost control

Medical care - United States - Quality control

Health services accessibility - United States

Health care reform - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76).

Nota di contenuto

Assessing Health Care Reform -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preamble -- Extending Access to Health Care -- BARRIERS TO ACCESS -- FINANCIAL ACCESS -- Principles -- Practical Implications -- Assessing Access Provisions of Reform Proposals -- MORE THAN FINANCIAL ACCESS -- Containing Health Care Costs -- COSTS IN CONTEXT -- ELEMENTS OF A STRATEGY -- Specific Elements -- Elements Not Mentioned -- MOVING FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC POLICIES -- Administrative Costs-and Benefits -- Tax Caps and Geographic Variations in Health Care Costs -- Patient Cost Sharing and Special Problems -- Core and Supplemental Benefits -- Risk Selection versus Cost Containment -- Assuring the Quality of Care -- DEFINING QUALITY -- QUALIFY MEASUREMENT AND IMPROVEMENT -- Major



Targets -- Criteria for a Strategy -- Individual and System Perspectives -- Roles and Responsibilities -- System Problems -- CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES -- SPECIFIC IMPLICATIONS -- Financing Reform -- Improving the Infrastructure for Effective Change -- GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION -- HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CAPITAL -- Human Capital -- Physical Capital -- KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT -- Databases, Surveys, and Information Technologies -- Privacy and Confidentiality of Sensitive Personal Health Data -- Health Services, Outcomes, and Effectiveness Research -- Technology Assessment -- PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES AND PROGRAMS -- OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES -- Programs for Special Populations -- Tort Reform -- Public/Consumer Education -- Conclusion -- References.