{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-us-health-care-industry-9781421438825","title":"An Introduction to the US Health Care Industry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy does US health care have such high costs and poor outcomes? Dr. David S. Guzick offers this critique of the American health care industry and argues that it could work more effectively by rebalancing care, cost, and access.   For decades, the United States has been faced with a puzzling problem: Despite spending much more money per capita on health care than any other developed nation, its population suffers from notoriously poorer health. In comparison with 10 other high-income nations, in fact, the US has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest rates of infant and neonatal mortality, and the most inequitable access to physicians when adjusted for need. In An Introduction to the US Health Care Industry, Dr. David S. Guzick takes an in-depth look at this troubling issue. Bringing to bear his unique background as a physician, economist, former University of Rochester medical school dean, and former president of the University of Florida Health System, Dr. Guzick shows that \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface  \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Setting the Stage: Health and Health Care over the Past Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Economic Underpinnings\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Perfect Competition and Its Applicability to Health Care Services \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Imperfections in the Market for Health Care Services \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Implications of an Imperfect Market I: Greater Utilization Due to Price Subsidies \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Implications of an Imperfect Market II: The Role of Induced Demand \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Role of Price in Health Care Spending Growth \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Inequality of Wealth, Health, and Access to Care \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Historical Evolution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Origins and Structural Underpinnings of the US Health Care Industry \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The US Health Care Industry Takes Shape: The 1940s through 1965 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Medicare \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Medicaid \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Affordable Care Act  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Contemporary Environment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Evidence-Based Practice  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Utility Analysis \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Health Care Law  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. The Safety and Quality of Patient Care \u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The Cost Conundrum I: Utilization \u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. The Cost Conundrum II: Price: Administration, Insurers, Physicians, and Hospitals \u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The Cost Conundrum III: Price: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices \u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Inequality of Access \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Improving the Balance of Care, Cost, and Access\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Improving the Balance I: Macro Considerations \u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Improving the Balance II: Enhancing Care, Reducing Cost, and Improving Access \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408139460951,"sku":"9781421438825","price":104.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438825.jpg?v=1730501729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-us-health-care-industry-9781421438825","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}