The Medical Triangle : Physicians, Politicians, and the Public Paperback / softback
by Eli Ginzberg
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Runaway medical costs, long-term care, market competition, for-profit medicine, nursing shortages—these are but a few of the issues that swirl around in the late twentieth century’s volatile health care scene.
How much of the system do we want to change, and how much do we want to keep?
Health policy expert Eli Ginzberg examines such crucial questions in his characteristically broad-gauged perspective.
Framing the issues in their historical, political, and professional contexts, the author analyzes how we have arrived at the current crisis. The book focuses on the three sides of the medical triangle that have separate and sometimes conflicting goals: the physicians want to provide the most health care for the most money; the government, which furnishes 40 percent of the system's funding, wants to limit the money it pays out for health care; and the public, with over a billion annual visits to doctors, wants the most health care for the least money. Ginzberg explains how the core components of our health care system—the community hospital and physicians who have long practiced in a fee-for-service mode—are under attack, and he indicates the factors that make it uncertain whether the destabilization will slow down or accelerate.
Moreover, can key health care centers maintain their leadership in a time when new dollars for health are scarce?
How will the floundering state of foundations affect medical care in local communities?In his final chapters the author zeroes in on the special concerns of the public: high-need patients (including those suffering from cancer, catastrophic illness, and the infirmities of old age, or those who are mentally ill or chronically poor), nursing shortages, unsuccessful cost containment, and lack of consensus within the medical triangle about the major issues on our nation's health agenda.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages, 12 line illustrations, 30 tables
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/1992
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- ISBN:9780674563261
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages, 12 line illustrations, 30 tables
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/1992
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- ISBN:9780674563261