The Future of Academic Medical Centers

by Aaron, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780815702375
• ISBN10: 081570237X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

Academic medical centers provide a wide range of crucial services, but many are currently suffering severe financial crises. Henry J. Aaron and a group of disttinguished experts address the key issues and prescribe remedies both regulatory and legislative to ensure that the teaching hospital remains a picture of financial health.

Author Biography

Henry J. Aaron Brookings Institution David Blumenthal Director, Institute for Health Policy Massachusetts General Hospital Robert Dickler Senior Vice President Division of Health Care Affairs American Association of Medical Colleges Peter Van Etten President and CEO The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Dr. Spencer Foreman President Montefiore Medical Center Nancy Kane Harvard School of Public Health Lawrence Lewin The Lewin Group Edward Miller Dean, School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Ralph Muller President and CEO University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System Jamie Reuter Institute for Health Care Research and Policy Georgetown University James Robinson School of Public Health University of California Kenneth Shine President Institute of Medicine Gail Wilensky Senior Fellow Project HOPE

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(13)
Henry J. Aaron
The Financial Health of Academic Medical Centers: An Elusive Subject	13	(36)
Nancy M. Kane
Ralph Muller
James Reuter
Peter Van Etten
Academic Medical Centers and the Economics of Innovation in Health Care	49	(26)
James C. Robinson
David Blumenthal
Spencer Foreman
Edward Miller
Politically Feasible and Practical Public Policies to Help Academic Medical Centers	75	(28)
Lawrence S. Lewin
Robert Dickler
Kenneth I. Shine
Gail Wilensky
Contributors	103	(2)
Index	105