Healthy, Wealthy or Wise? - Issues in American Health Care Policy

This book focuses on the problems in America's health care system that have developed over the past 30 years and that will be with us for the next 30 years. It goes beyond mind-numbing quantitative data to probe the underlying causes of the nation's difficulties. Three broad questions are addressed: Why are health care costs in the United States higher than elsewhere? What needs to be done to bring down costs without lowering quality? Is America doing enough about research, prevention, and public information?

List of contents

Chapter 1 Determinants of Health; Chapter 2 Why Are Costs Out of Control?; Chapter 3 Must Living Standards Decline?; Chapter 4 Health Insurance Raises Demand and Supply; Chapter 5 The Excess of Physicians and Services; Chapter 6 The Medicalization of Health; Chapter 7 Mental Illness; Chapter 8 The Excessive Demand for Medical Care; Chapter 9 Research and Technology; Chapter 10 The Physician as Agent; Chapter 11 Prevention: Environmental and Behavioral Modification; Chapter 12 The Demedicalization of Health Care; Chapter 13 What to Do?;

About the author

Charles T. StewartJr.

Summary

This study of the problems in America's health care system addresses three questions that have developed since the 1960s: why are care costs in America higher than elsewhere; how can costs be reduced without loss of quality; and what is the state of research, prevention and public information?

Product details

• Authors: Charles T. Stewart, David W Stewart
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1995
• EAN: 9781563245046
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-504-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Emergency Services, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Central government policies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care