The truth about health care why reform is not working in America
The United States spends greatly more per person on health care than any other country but the evidence shows that care is often poor and inappropriate. Despite expenditures of 1.7 trillion dollars in 2003, and growing substantially each year, services remain fragmented and poorly coordinated, and m...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press
c2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420462806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Is reform possible?: the need for change and forces against it
- What is disease and what should we treat?
- Saving lives individually or in populations
- The murky challenge of mental health
- The activated patient and the doctors' dilemma
- The neglect of long-term care
- The quest for quality
- Setting fair limits
- Restoring trust in the health system
- The challenge of change
- Steps in our health future.
