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  • The Ethics of Managed Careby Mary R. Majumder

    Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 33.55

    The Ethics of Managed CareA Pragmatic Approach Mary R. Anderlik A breakthrough reappraisal of the managed healthcare debate. Discussions of managed care frequently begin and end with an opposition between the Hippocratic ethic of dedication to patient welfare and a business ethic of self-interest in the service of efficiency. Mary R. Anderlik approaches managed care as a problem of organizations. Rejecting a simple "medicine vs. business" analysis, she directs attention to management as manipulation, the neglect of such personal goods as satisfaction in professional accomplishment, and organizational moral myopia.... more...

  • Toward a 21st Century Health Systemby Alain C. Enthoven; Laura A. Tollen; William L. Roper

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 49.00

    Toward a 21 st Century Health System is a collection of thoughtful analyses that explore a key element of the health care delivery system¾physician group practices. Edited by policy experts Alain Enthoven and Laura Tollen, and written by a blue ribbon panel of health policy scholars and leaders including Stephen Shortell, Hal Luft, Donald Berwick, James Robinson, and Helen Darling, this resource addresses a variety of topics, including  Organized delivery systems Quality of care in prepaid group practice versus other types of managed care The role of physician leadership and culture in group practice Prepaid group practice and the formation of national health policy This comprehensive resource also covers such topics as pharmacy... more...

  • Ethics and Values in Healthcare Managementby Souzy Dracopoulou

    Routledge 1998; US$ 57.95

    Ethics and Values in Health Care Management provides a valuable and much needed analysis of the ethical problems associated with health care management and offers some solutions towards ameliorating health care organisations. more...

  • Structures of Control in Health Managementby Rob Flynn

    Routledge 1991; US$ 196.00

    Using a variety of evidence the author documents the rise of general management, the application of new techniques to reduce medical costs and improve efficiency, and other methods to control use and evaluate clinical performance. more...

  • Creating the National Health Serviceby Marvin Rintala

    Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 52.95

    The origins of the NHS are the subject of this study that presents evidence on the key players who participated in the founding of the system. more...

  • Uninsured in Americaby Susan Starr Sered

    University of California Press 2005; US$ 12.95

    Reaching beyond statistics and prevalent assumptions, Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care. Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men and women and dozens of medical providers, policymakers, and advocates from around the nation, this book takes a fresh look at one of the most important social issues facing the United States today. The vivid and moving stories of those interviewed illustrate the complicated dilemmas - including full-time family caregiving, sudden illness, self-employment, layoffs, and on-the-job injuries - faced by... more...

  • Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990sby Donna O. Farley

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    This work provides an overview of special payments that Medicare has been making to rural hospitals and physicians, including documentation of the supply of providers, trends in payments, and Medicare costs per beneficiary. more...

  • Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Benefits Program Demonstrationby Donna O. Farley; Barbara O. Wynn

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    This study aims to identify how selection bias might occur when Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries are enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. It suggests an analytic approach to estimate the effects of selection on Department of Defense costs. more...

  • Evaluation of the Medicare-DOD Subvention Demonstrationby Donna O. Farley

    RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95

    The Medicare-Department of Defense (DoD) Subvention Demonstration tested Senior Prime as a managed care approach for enhancing access to affordable health care for Medicare-eligible DoD beneficiaries. more...

  • Hospital Care for the Uninsured in Miami-Dade Countyby Catherine A. Jackson; Kathryn Pitkin Derose; James Chiesa; Jose J. Escarce

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    This study examines the extent to which uncompensated care is provided by hopitals in Miami-Dade County, USA, other than Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), and whether the greater access to surtax-funded care at JMH might cause patients to pass up facilities nearer to the homes. more...