Baumol, William J. <br/><br/>
The cost disease :  why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't / 
William J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.]. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2012. 
 - xxi, 249 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300179286 (hbk.) 0300179286 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012938269 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB259315  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101596578  DNLM 016106731  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical care, Cost of--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA410.53  / .B386 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.520973 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2012 J-434 W 74 AA1