The Private Regulation of American Health Care

This work discusses a transformation of health care delivery that was launched by coalitions of business leaders during the early 1970s. It argues for a single-payer system and considers how public regulation offers the possibility of democratic participation in setting health care policies.

List of contents

Introduction: Managed Competition-The Private Regulation of American Health Care; Chapter 1 The Twenty-Year-Old Crisis; Chapter 2 The Basic Components of Private Regulation; Chapter 3 The Evolution of Private Regulation; Chapter 4 Managing Health; Chapter 5 Managing "Quality" through Outcomes Research; Chapter 6 Conclusions;

About the author

Betty Leyerle is Professor of Sociology and Human Services at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. She is the author of Moving and Shaking American Medicine: The Structure of a Socioeconomic Transformation (1984). Dr. Leyerle holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York.

Product details

• Authors: Betty Leyerle, Leyerle Betty
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1994
• EAN: 9781563242885
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-288-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Business & Economics / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, privatization, United States of America, USA, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Health systems & services, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Health systems and services