Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 the health spending challenge /

Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 the health spending challenge /

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"Authors suggest reforms in federal programs that have the potential to reduce the growth of spending for the entire health system, increase the efficiency and effectiveness of care provided, and enhance health outcomes and stress the need for innovative approaches and cooperation between the p...

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Corporate Authors: Brookings Institution, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Rivlin, Alice M., Antos, Joseph R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Subjects:
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Medical care > United States > Cost control.
Health care reform > Economic aspects > United States.
Medical economics > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Rising health care spending--federal and national / Joseph R. Antos and Alice M. Rivlin
  • Strategies for slowing the growth of health spending / Joseph R. Antos and Alice M. Rivlin
  • The challenge of Medicare / Gail R. Wilensky
  • The role of Medicaid / Alan R. Weil and Louis F. Rossiter
  • Leveraging other federal health systems / Susan D. Hosek
  • Private payer roles in moving to more efficient health spending / Paul B. Ginsburg
  • Cost containment and the politics of health care reform / Judith Feder and Donald W. Moran
  • Building public support for slowing the growth of health care spending / Stuart M. Butler.

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