LEADER 02863nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910967468203321 005 20230725060445.0 010 $a9780817914463 010 $a9780817914462 010 $a0817914463 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105259 035 $a(EBL)1370698 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12287869 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10787253 035 $a(PQKB)10336808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301823 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1370698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301823 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10580558 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL551680 035 $a(OCoLC)808344420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1370698 035 $a(OCoLC)865651083 035 $a(Perlego)1354113 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105259 100 $a20110902d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn excellent health $esetting the record straight on America's health care /$fScott W. Atlas 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cHoover Institution Press, Stanford University$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 225 1 $aHoover Institution Press publication ;$vno. 567 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780817914448 311 08$a0817914447 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe WHO ranking of health systems redux : a critical appraisal -- Ranking health systems : the limited value of life expectancy and infant mortality comparisons -- Measuring medical care quality in the United States -- Access to America's medical care -- Maintaining excellence while reducing costs : an American solution to the American health care system. 330 $aIn Excellent Health offers an alternative view of the much maligned state of health care in America, using facts and peer-reviewed data to challenge the statistics often cited as evidence that medical care in the United States is substandard and poor in value relative to that of other countries. The author proposes a complete plan for reform in three critical areas of the health care puzzle?tax structure, private insurance markets, and government health insurance programs?designed to maintain choice and access to excellence and facilitate competition. 410 0$aHoover Institution Press publication ;$v567. 606 $aMedical care$zUnited States 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 615 0$aMedical care 615 0$aHealth care reform 676 $a362.10973 700 $aAtlas$b Scott W.$f1955-$01655946 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967468203321 996 $aIn excellent health$94361743 997 $aUNINA