The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610395484 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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They show us how and why the US health care system” developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world. Now Elizabeth H. Offering a unique and clarifying perspective on the problems the Affordable Care Act won't solve, this book also points a new way forward. Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of MedicineFor decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of health care,” archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. Taylor marshal extensive rese
The premise is correct even the outline is but the devil is in the details and fail a bit here The premise is correct even the outline is but the devil is in the details and fail a bit here. Scandinavia is shoe horned into things to fit the argument. Complex Systems and feedback terms are tossed in at the end in a very buzz word rather than meaningful way. Still a worthwhile read for anyone trying to understand why health costs so muc. By far the best book that has articulated the history of how our This is a must read for any scholar or practitioner of public health. By far the best book that has articulated the history of how our social service infrastructure was bifurcated from healthcare and relegated to an underfunded and discretionary industry. Meanwhile, healthcare became dominant via a powerful medical lobby that thrived on an e. "Addresses the heart of the issue" according to Victor Johansen. This book takes no shortcuts, and directly addresses the heart of an enormous issue in contemporary America. The American Health Care Paradox analyzes the wide range of graphs and statistics, as well as past strategies and interventions, that evidence America's commitment to creating a healthy population. However, when presented with the evi
What is new here is their call for a holistic approach, integrating social and medical services into a cohesive cross-disciplinary system with the goal of supporting good health. --Donna Chavez . The authors’ iteration of the fundamental cause of the system’s root paradox—it rewards a person who waits until they’re so sick they require expensive care while at the same time shaming the expensive-care provider for, well, charging for the expensive care—is not new. To be clear, the authors don’t endorse a nanny state that becomes all things to all people but, rather, a government that is a catalyst for holistic innovation, nurturing good health at all socioeconomic levels. Health-care systems fail because they don’t address the life