The cost disease : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't / William J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.].
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.Description: xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780300179286 (hbk.)
- 0300179286 (hbk.)
- 338.520973 23
- RA410.53 .B386 2012
- 2012 J-434
- W 74 AA1
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index.
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?
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