The Economics of US Health Care Policy

by Stephen Thomas Parente, Charles E. Phelps, Stephen T. Parente

Book Overview

In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform. They trace the foundations of today's system, and show how distortions in the incentives facing participants in the health care market could be corrected in order to achieve lower costs, a higher quality of care, a higher level of patient safety, and a more efficient allocation of health care resources.

Phelps and Parente propose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415784328
• ISBN13: 9780415784320
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"