The health care revolution : from medical monopoly to market competition / / Carl F. Ameringer

• Autore: Ameringer Carl F
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press; New York, : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/0425
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States - Finance - History - 20th century; Health care reform - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The professional regime -- Precursors of change -- The triumph of market theory -- The Federal Trade Commission takes the lead -- The AMA case -- A question of jurisdiction -- Drawing the line between clinical and business practices -- The quest for antitrust relief -- The demonization of managed care.
• Sommario/riassunto: America's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970's. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government-the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department-to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.
• Titolo autorizzato: The health care revolution
• ISBN: 1-281-38554-9; 9786611385545; 0-520-93468-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825462603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: California/Milbank books on health and the public ; ; 19.