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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Laugesen Miriam J."]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Fixing Medical Prices : How Physicians Are Paid / / Miriam J. Laugesen"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017]"]
[{"$nulls":4},"©2016"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9780674545373"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0674545370"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9780674545380"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0674545389"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (286 pages)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"338.4/73621"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Medical economics - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Medical care - United States - Evaluation"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Medicare"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Health services administration - United States"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: The House of Medicine and Medical Prices -- 2. The Enduring Influence of the House of Medicine over Prices -- 3. The Science of Work and Payment Reform -- 4. How Doctors Get Paid -- 5. Conflicts of Interest and Problems of Evidence -- 6. Complexity, Agency Capture, and the Game of Codes -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. medical pricing process: to a largely unknown yet influential committee of medical organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association that advises Medicare. Medicare’s ready acceptance of this committee’s recommendations typically sets off a chain reaction across the entire American health care system. For decades, the U.S. policymaking structure for pricing has reflected the influence of physician "]
[{"$nulls":4},"organizations. What Miriam Laugesen’s rich analysis shows is how these organizations navigate the arcane and complex work of this advisory committee. Contradicting the story of a profession in political decline, Fixing Medical Prices demonstrates that the power of physician organizations has simply become more subtle. Laugesen’s investigation into the exorbitant cost of American medical care will be of interest to those who follow the politics of health care policy, the influence of interest groups on rate setting, and the medical profession’s past and future role in our health care system."]