Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum

by Joseph P. Newhouse

Book Overview

The health care industry differs from most other industries in that medical pricing is primarily administered by the government and private insurers and in that it uses several types of contracts. Providers may receive a fixed sum for all necessary services within a given period of time, for the necessary services to treat a given condition, or for each specific service. The industry is changing dramatically, offering many natural experiments to aid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262640589
• ISBN13: 9780262640589
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher