Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective on Health Reform

by Feldstein, Paul J.

• ISBN13: 9781567931099
• ISBN10: 156793109X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Foundation of the Amer College

Author Biography

Paul J. Feldstein has been a professor and Robert Gumbiner Chair in Health Care Management at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine since 1987. Professor Feldstein has written six books and more than 60 articles on health care.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
The Rise in Medical Expenditures	p. 1
How Much Should We Spend on Medical Care?	p. 13
Do More Medical Expenditures Produce Better Health?	p. 25
In Whose Interest Does the Physician Act?	p. 37
Rationing Medical Services	p. 47
How Much Health Insurance Should Everyone Have?	p. 57
Why Are Those Who Most Need Health Insurance Least Able to Buy It?	p. 67
Medicare	p. 79
Medicaid	p. 97
How Does Medicare Pay Physicians?	p. 109
Does a Physician Surplus Exist?	p. 121
The Changing Practice of Medicine	p. 137
The Malpractice Crisis	p. 149
Do Nonprofit Hospitals Behave Differently than For-profit Hospitals?	p. 163
Competition Among Hospitals: Does It Raise or Lower Costs?	p. 175
Cost Shifting	p. 187
Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases?	p. 199
Managed Care Competition	p. 209
How Will the Internet Change Health Care?	p. 227
American Competitiveness and Rising Health Costs	p. 243
Why Is Getting into Medical School So Difficult?	p. 253
The Shortage of Nurses	p. 263
The High Price of Prescription Drugs	p. 277
Ensuring Safety and Efficacy of New Drugs: Too Much of a Good Thing?	p. 295
Why Are Prescription Drugs Less Expensive Overseas?	p. 313
How Should a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Be Designed?	p. 327
Should Kidneys and Other Organs Be Bought and Sold?	p. 345
The Role of Government in Medical Care	p. 355
Medical Research, Medical Education, Alcohol Consumption, and Pollution: Who Should Pay?	p. 367
The Canadian Health Care System	p. 377
Employer-mandated National Health Insurance	p. 393
National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why?	p. 405
Financing Long-term Care	p. 417
The Politics of Health Care Reform	p. 431
Discussion Questions	p. 443
Glossary	p. 457
Index	p. 469
About the Author	p. 483
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