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100 1 _aBaumol, William J.
245 1 4 _aThe cost disease :
_bwhy computers get cheaper and health care doesn't /
_cWilliam J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.].
260 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_cc2012.
300 _axxi, 249 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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?
650 0 _aMedical care, Cost of
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aDe Ferranti, David M.
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