{"product_id":"improving-healthcare-david-hyman-9780387257518","title":"Improving Healthcare: A Dose of Competition","description":"\u003cp\u003eImproving Healthcare: A Dose of Competition systematically examines the American health care system from a competition-oriented perspective. The volume surveys the performance of each major sector of the health care system, and identifies impediments to more effective competition. Improving Healthcare\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexamines such issues as competition v. regulation, public and private sector approaches to health care financing, cross-subsidies, licensure, provider market concentration, financial and clinical integration, payment for performance, quality, pharmacy benefit managers, direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, certificates of need, mandates, unionization, the significance of organizational status (nonprofit v. for-profit), and the role of antitrust and consumer protection in health care. It offers concrete recommendations to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of the American health care marketplace. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0387257519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780387257518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"David Hyman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517303238911,"sku":"9780387257518","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a343849c-156f-44a1-80cb-0549ae39458a.jpg?v=1778731231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/improving-healthcare-david-hyman-9780387257518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}