Redefining health care systems

vi, 137 Seiten

26 cm

"The third section of the book comprises a series of short commentaries on specific issues, originally published in JAMA between March 2009 and March 2012."

Includes bibliographical references

Enthält zahlreiche Beiträge

Health status can be measuredFree care increases health service use but does not improve health -- Patient copayments strongly influence health care use -- How physicians are paid influences how they practice -- Quality of care can be measured -- Quality of care varies -- The appropriateness of care can be determined -- Geography is a strong predictor of health service use -- Depression, a leading cause of morbidity, is poorly detected and poorly treated -- Physicians and patients need tools to support decisionmaking -- Person's waste is another's income -- Social factors are powerful determinants of health -- Science and technology will increase health care costs -- How health services research can fix the health care system -- Stories -- Story one -- Story two -- Story three -- Story four -- Story five -- Story six -- Story seven -- Story eight.

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