Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective, Eighth Edition
By Paul J. Feldstein and Glenn Melnick
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Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective uses concise, topical chapters to provide a comprehensive overview of the forces influencing healthcare financing and delivery. Concerns over health equity and the rise in healthcare costs are just a few of the timely and vitalissues that are discussed through the lens of economics. Each chapter includes a clear explanation of the topic, diagrams and charts to aid comprehension, and a summary and discussion questions at the end.
This eighth edition has been revised to reflect the most recent research and data, as well as changes in laws and government policies. A new chapter compares the US health system to those of five European countries.
New and updated content includes coverage of:
Current Medicare proposalsCOVID's effect on medical services deliveryMedicaid effectivenessStrategies for addressing the physician shortageAffordable Care Act updatesHealth Policy Issues shows how the economic approach to healthcare policy is important not only for understanding the structural and dynamic forces pressing for change in healthcare but also for explaining why the health system has evolved to its current state.
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