{"product_id":"health-care-at-risk-9780822341246","title":"Health Care at Risk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC). This book contends that supporters of CDHC rely on oversimplified ideas about health care, health care systems, economics, and human nature. It challenges the historical and theoretical assumptions on which the consumer-driven health care movement is based.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHealth Care at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e is the first intelligent and intelligible discussion of a new fad in American health policy, the so-called ‘consumer-directed’ movement. This topic is quite important, and Timothy Stoltzfus Jost knows what he is talking about.”— Theodore R. Marmor, author of \u003ci\u003eFads, Fallacies, and Foolishness in Medical Care Management and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHealth Care at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e offers a scholarly and insightful assessment of the origins, theoretical underpinnings, and key elements of the modern consumerism movement in health care financing and its implications for health care access and quality. Clear, unbiased, and thought-provoking, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost’s book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of the American health care system.”—Sara Rosenbaum, Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services\u003cbr\u003e“A well-timed, compelling study, written for experts but also, thankfully, understandable by ‘consumers.’ Timothy Stoltzfus Jost shows why leaving health care decisions to a free market cannot work, even in the United States, while also emphasizing the importance of consumer choice in future policy decisions. Erudite, clearly argued, engaging, and fair.”—Rosemary A. Stevens, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Public-Private Health Care State \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eHealth Care at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost has written a compelling and yet balanced critique of the so-called ‘consumer-driven health care movement,’ a movement that is gaining force not just in the United States, but around the world. Students of international health policy, and indeed supporters and opponents of the CDHC movement, would benefit from reading Jost’s account.”—Adam Oliver, Editor in Chief, \u003ci\u003eHealth Economics, Policy and Law\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A]n analytic tour de force, comprehensive in scope, scrupulous in scholarship, balanced in approach, and incisive in its policy recommendations. . . . \u003ci\u003eHealth Care at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine piece of work that should be of interest to policy makers, policy researchers, and many physicians. It would also be an excellent supplementary text for an introductory course in health policy and management. Name an issue that is germane to the current health policy debate and you are likely to find it discussed here. The references and footnotes are comprehensive and meticulous. Most of the major modern contributors to health care organization and finance are not only cited, but their ideas are transmitted with high fidelity and clarity.” -- Richard L. Kravitz * JAMA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. Our Broken American Health Care System 1\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Consumer-Driven Prescription 17\u003cbr\u003e 3. Consumer-Driven Health Care Advocates: Who They Are and What They Believe 27\u003cbr\u003e 4. Consumer-Driven Health Care the First Time Around 42\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Nonaccidental System 54\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Origins of Consumer-Driven Health Care: A Short History of American Health Economics \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Theoretical Foundations of Consumer-Driven Health Care 86\u003cbr\u003e 8. But Does It Work? The Evidence for and against Consumer-Driven Health Care 119\u003cbr\u003e 9. Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues Presented by Consumer-Driven Health Care 150\u003cbr\u003e 10. Are Consumers Our Only Hope? How Other Countries Organize Their Health Care Systems 166\u003cbr\u003e 11. How to Fix Our Broken Health Care System: Where Do We Start? 189\u003cbr\u003e Notes 205\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 225\u003cbr\u003e Index 253","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406049386839,"sku":"9780822341246","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822341246.jpg?v=1730494360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/health-care-at-risk-9780822341246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}