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Epidemic of care : a call for safer, better, and more accountable health care / George C. Halvorson, George J. Isham ; foreword by Alain Enthoven.

by Halvorson, George C.

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San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2003.

Health care reform -- United States.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley039/2003002583.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2003002583.html

0787968889 (alk. paper)

xxx, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Miracles cost money -- Unsafe at any cost -- Who really pays for all of that care? -- If it works or might work, you owe it to me : how Americans' entitlement to care drives up costs -- Care monopolies -- Does the United States pay fair prices by world standards? -- How the Internet is changing health care : I learned about my prosthesis on the web -- The coming crunch in health care workers -- Medical necessity calls, fee cuts, and PR errors--not a good start -- So why don't we just go to a single-payer system and save bucks like the Brits? -- Where do we go from here? : a call for a national health strategy -- Patients deserve safe care -- 401(k) equivalent choices in health care -- Most health care costs are the result of bad health -- Caregiver monopolies should not be our care model of choice -- Cut the number of uninsured in half -- Training tomorrow's caregivers and reengineering care delivery -- A call to action.

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