| Description |
1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Focus on Business and Management Ser |
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Routledge Focus on Business and Management Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Part 1 Explication of the US Health Care System Dysfunction -- 1 The Nature and Extent of the Problem -- Overly Expensive, Unaffordable -- A Source of Anxiety, Insecurity, and Despair for Many Americans -- Wasteful, Starving Other Sectors of Economy -- Unsafe, Poor Clinical Outcomes -- Scam Like Features of US Health Care System -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Crux of the Problem |
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Distinguishing Greed, Profit, and Crony Capitalism -- Crony Capitalism -- Crony Capitalism Toolkit -- Crony Capitalism in the US Health Care System -- Enormous Waste in the US Health Care System and What Underlies It -- US Health Care System as a Peculiar Mix of Capitalism and Socialism -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Medicine Without Evidence -- Evidence-based Medicine -- Comparative Effectiveness Research -- Why Evidence-Based Medicine and Comparative Effectiveness Research Receives So Little Attention? -- Entrenched Culture of Consuming More Health Care -- Conclusion -- References |
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Part 2 Key Players Contributing to the US Health Care System Dysfunction -- 4 Politicians/Interest Groups -- Spending On Lobbying and Number of Lobbyists in the Health Care Industry -- The Capture of US Health Policy By Business and Interest Groups -- Institutional Sclerosis -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Pharmaceutical Companies -- The Nexus Between Drug Companies and Politicians -- The Nexus Between Drug Companies and Physicians -- The Compromised FDA -- The Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager -- Lack of Innovation -- Corrupting of Science -- The Opioid Crisis |
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Generic Drug Manufacturers Have Come to Play the Game Too -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Private Health Insurers -- A History of Undermining Health Care Reform -- The Linchpin of the US Health Care System Cabal -- Deadly Spin -- Administrative Complexity -- Unfettered Corporate Power -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Hospitals and Hospital Networks -- Overuse of Medical Procedures and Services -- The Cost Conundrum: Two Different Models of Care -- The Hospital Charge Master: An Exploitative Pricing Tool -- The Coding as an Industry |
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Super Concentration of Hospital Markets and Undermining of Competition -- Surprise Billing -- The Emergency Room Services -- Collusion Between Hospitals and Insurance Companies -- Lab Tests and Ancillary Services Such as Physical Therapy -- Hospital-induced Injuries, Illnesses, and Deaths -- Cozy Relationships Between Hospitals and Local TV Stations -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Physicians -- The Company Insurance Model -- The Fee-For-Service Model -- The Biomedical Model -- The Breakdown of Basic Ethics, Hippocratic Oath -- Physicians and Conflicts of Interest |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Who Sets the Price for Medical Procedures and Treatments? |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000433661 |
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1000433668 |
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