Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis
| AUTHOR | Goodman, John C. |
| PUBLISHER | Independent Institute (06/01/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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In the groundbreaking book Priceless, renowned healthcare economist John Goodman reveals how patients, healthcare providers, employers, and employees are all trapped in a dysfunctional, bureaucratic, healthcare system fraught with perverse incentives that raise costs, reduce quality, and make care less accessible. Unless changed, these incentives will only worsen the problems in the coming months and years. He demonstrates how market forces have been driven out from the American healthcare system, making it nearly impossible to solve problems as effectively or efficiently as in virtually every other type of consumer marketplace. Goodman cuts through the politics to think "outside the box" and propose dozens of bold and crucial innovations that, if adopted, would enable caregivers, entrepreneurs, and patients to use their knowledge and creativity to create access to low-cost, high-quality healthcare.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781598130836
ISBN-10:
1598130838
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
371
Carton Quantity:
16
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 1.30 x 9.10 inches
Weight:
1.65 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Medical | Health Care Delivery
Medical | Health Care Issues
Dewey Decimal:
362.109
Library of Congress Control Number:
2012008379
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In the groundbreaking book Priceless, renowned healthcare economist John Goodman reveals how patients, healthcare providers, employers, and employees are all trapped in a dysfunctional, bureaucratic, healthcare system fraught with perverse incentives that raise costs, reduce quality, and make care less accessible. Unless changed, these incentives will only worsen the problems in the coming months and years. He demonstrates how market forces have been driven out from the American healthcare system, making it nearly impossible to solve problems as effectively or efficiently as in virtually every other type of consumer marketplace. Goodman cuts through the politics to think "outside the box" and propose dozens of bold and crucial innovations that, if adopted, would enable caregivers, entrepreneurs, and patients to use their knowledge and creativity to create access to low-cost, high-quality healthcare.
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Author:
Goodman, John C.
John C. Goodman is president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, an independent research institute, where he is the Kellye Wright Fellow in Health Care. Widely known as the "father of health savings accounts," Goodman has written numerous popular and scholarly articles on health reform and has authored 12 books. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and taught at several universities before founding the NCPA in 1983.
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