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The cost disease : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't / William J.338.520973; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.].

By: Baumol, William J.
Contributor(s): De Ferranti, David M.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index.Description: xxi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780300179286 (hbk.); 0300179286 (hbk.).Subject(s): Prices -- United States | Medical care, Cost of -- United States | College costs -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.520973
Contents:
Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health -- Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services -- Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate -- Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do?
Summary: Traces the rapidly rising prices of health care and education in the United States and other major industrial nations, then examines the underlying causes.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 338.52 B327 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003621562

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index.

Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health -- Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services -- Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate -- Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do?

Traces the rapidly rising prices of health care and education in the United States and other major industrial nations, then examines the underlying causes.

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