The cost disease : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't
William J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti, Monte Malach, Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Hilary Tabish, Lilian Gomory Wu
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[2012]
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| Authors: | Baumol, William J. ; De Ferranti, David M. |
| Publisher: |
New Haven : Yale University Press |
| Subject: | Gesundheitskosten | Health care costs | Bildungsfinanzierung | Education finance | Arbeitsintensität | Labour intensity | USA | United States | Gesundheitsausgaben | Hochschulfinanzierung | Kostensteigerung | Wirtschaftsentwicklung |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XXI, 249 Seiten Illustrationen |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 207-235 Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health -- Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services -- Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate -- Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do? |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-19815-7 ; 978-0-300-17928-6 |
| Classification: | Wirtschaftswachstum ; Finanzwissenschaft |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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