Eight Questions You Should Ask About Our Health Care System (Hardcover)

Charles E. Phelps

ISBN 10: 0817910549 / ISBN 13: 9780817910549

Published by Hoover Institution Press,U.S., Stanford, 2010

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Hardcover. Charles E. Phelps provides a comprehensive look at our health-care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health-care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of the systemfrom technological advances (the good) to variations in treatment patterns (the bad) to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the ugly). He shows that much of the cost of health care ultimately derives from our own lifestyle choices and thus that education may well be the most powerful form of health reform we can envision. Provides a comprehensive look at the US health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of the system - from technological advances (the good) to variations in treatment patterns (the bad) to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the ugly). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eight Questions You Should Ask About Our Health Care System (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S., Stanford
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817910549
• ISBN 13: 9780817910549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Charles E. Phelps provides a comprehensive look at our health-care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health-care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of “the good, the bad, and the ugly” parts of the system—from technological advances (the “good”) to variations in treatment patterns (the “bad”) to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the “ugly”). He shows that much of the cost of health care ultimately derives from our own lifestyle choices and thus that education may well be the most powerful form of health reform we can envision.

About the Author

Charles E. Phelps is University Professor and Provost Emeritus at the University of Rochester. He earned his B.A. in Mathematics from Pomona College, and his M.B.A. in Hospital Administration and Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of Chicago.