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Code Red: An Economist Explains How to Revive the Healthcare System without Destroying It
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.10425
EAN: 9780691129419
ISBN: 069112941X
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 281
Publication Date: February 04, 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Studio: Princeton University Press
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Editorial Review:The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove, one of the nation's leading experts on the economics of healthcare, proposes a set of feasible solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality. Dranove offers pragmatic remedies, some of them controversial, all of them crucially needed to restore the system to vitality. He pays special attention to the plight of the uninsured, and proposes a new direction that promises to make premier healthcare for all Americans a national reality. Setting his story against the backdrop of healthcare in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present day, he reveals why a century of private and public sector efforts to reform the ailing system have largely failed. He draws on insights from economics to diagnose the root causes of rising costs and diminishing access to quality care, such as inadequate information, perverse incentives, and malfunctioning insurance markets. Dranove describes the ongoing efforts to revive the system--including the rise of consumerism, the quality movement, and initiatives to expand access--and argues that these efforts are doomed to fail without more fundamental, systemic, market-based reforms. Code Red lays the foundation for a thriving healthcare system and is indispensable for anyone trying to make sense of the thorny issues of healthcare reform.
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Rating: - Book Review - Code Red
This book was an enjoyable read. I do not have an economics background and found the author made a complex subject content simple and easy to understand. He presented the facts with an unbiased perspective and shared his viewpoints at the end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is attempting to try and understand our country's dilemma with healthcare.
Rating: - Excellent
A must read for those seeking a thorough understanding of the strengths and shortcomings of the US healthcare system.
Rating: - Great healthcare econ reading
This is a great book to review what's wrong with America's health care system, how we end up here and how we may fix it. There isn't any complex econ model used to crack the "Red Code," neither any rhetoric about "fundamental change" which is favored by presidential candidates. Rich references and tables of numbers are clear and helpful for reading. The best part I like about this book is that it is not focused on one single aspect of health system but all three goals: access, efficiency and quality.
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