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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Politics, Policy & Reform > Health Policy Issues Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective, 4th Edition Paul J. Feldstein, PhD Hardcover: 560 pages ISBN 1567932746 9781567932744 Health Administration Press July 2007 (click the button below for the very best available price)   This updated book provides a comprehensive view of the economic forces that shape change in today's healthcare delivery system. Why are those who need health insurance least able to buy it? Is there an impending shortage of physicians? Has competition been tried - and failed to improve healthcare? Now in its fourth edition, Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective tackles these questions as well as provides short discussions on many topics related to the financing and delivery of health services. This popular book examines health policy from an economic perspective. The new edition includes extensive updates to many figures and tables, as well as new discussions of topical issues including: The factors leading to and the possible affects of physician shortages or surpluses Recent developments in managed care including report cards and pay-for-performance programs M The forces shaping the hospital’s future role in the health care system The differences between medical markets and competitive markets, and why increasing competition among medical markets is desirable The policy dilemma of reducing the high price markup of breakthrough drugs versus maintaining incentives for investing in research and development   In addition to updated information throughout the book, this latest edition includes several new chapters that discuss the Internet's effect on healthcare, behavioral differences between non-profit and investor-owned hospitals, how to design a Medicare prescription benefit, and the availability of cheaper drugs overseas. Benefits of this book include: Readers need not have a background in economics to understand this text Paul Feldstein is a widely recognized expert on health policy and economics You can view these excerpts here: Table of Contents Preface Contents of this book include: The Rise in Medical Expenditures How Much Should We Spend on Medical Care? Do More Medical Expenditures Produce Better Health? In Whose Interest Does the Physician Act? Rationing Medical Services How Much Health Insurance Should Everyone Have? Why Are Those Who Most Need Health Insurance Least Able to Buy It? Medicare Medicaid How does Medicare Pay Physicians? Is There a Physician Surplus? The Changing Practice of Medicine The Malpractice Crisis Do Non-Profit Hospitals Behave Any Differently Than For-Profit Hospitals? Competition among Hospitals: Does It Raise or Lower Costs? Cost Shifting Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases? Managed Care Competition How Will the Internet Change Health Care? American Competitiveness and Rising Health Costs Why Is It So Difficult to Get into Medical School? The Shortage of Nurses The High Price of Prescription Drugs Assuring Safety and Efficacy of New Drugs: Too Much of a Good Thing? Why Are Prescription Drugs Less Expensive Overseas? How Should A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Be Designed? Should Kidneys (and Other Organs) Be Bought and Sold? The Role of Government in Medical Care Medical Research, Medical Education, Alcohol Consumption, and Pollution: Who Should Pay? The Canadian Health Care System Employer-Mandated National Health Insurance National Health Insurance: Which Approach and Why? Financing Long-Term Care The Politics of Health Care Reform Paul J. Feldstein, Ph.D., is Professor and Robert Gumbiner Chair in Healthcare Management at the Graduate School of Management, University of California at Irvine. In addition to his university responsibilities, Dr. Feldstein has served both the Office of Management and Budget and the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C., as well as the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1933, the American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation's hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations. ACHE's publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health services management. Health Administration Press is a division of the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). ACHE is an international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation's hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations. 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