Filter by
Politische und ökonomische Rahmenbedingungen des Sozial- und Gesundheitswese…
Das Buch bietet eine kompakte Einführung in die zentralen politischen und ökonomischen Begriffe, Konzepte und Diskurse des schweizerischen Sozial- und Gesundheitswesens. Es spannt den Bogen von den demokratischen Grundsätzen und Eigenheiten des politischen Systems, über die Sozialhilfe, Sozialversicherungen sowie ökonomischen Strukturmerkmale des Gesundheits- und Sozialwesens, bis hin zu F…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-658-35769-6
- Collation
- XI, 159
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Chaos and Organization in Health Care
Two leading physicians' prescription for solving our health care problems: organizing the fragmented system that delivers care.One of the most daunting challenges facing the new U.S. administration is health care reform. The size of the system, the number of stakeholders, and ever-rising costs make the problem seem almost intractable. But in Chaos and Organization in Health Care, two leading ph…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262259033
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Situated Intervention: Sociological Experiments in Health Care
This work considers the question of how the direct involvement of social scientists in the practices they study can lead to the production of interesting sociological knowledge. It draws together two activities that are often seen as belonging to different realms: intervening in practices and furthering sociological understanding of them.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262329439
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans
A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care, and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card which can sa…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262277549
- Collation
- 1 online resource (116 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1
This volume contains papers presented at "Frontiers in Health Policy Research", a conference held in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 1997"--Page xi.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262273503
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvii, 180 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7
"National Bureau of Economic Research."These papers were presented at the seventh annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research meeting held in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2003.This series from the NBER presents new research by leading economists on current health care policy issues. The papers in this seventh volume, originally presented at the annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research co…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262271059
- Collation
- 1 online resource (1 volume) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Sharenthood: how the digital tech habits of parents, teachers, and other tru…
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262354080
- Collation
- 1 online resource (232 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Health care turning point: Why single payer won't work
In the battle over health care reform we can try to fashion new policies based on old ideas—or we can acknowledge today's demographic and economic realities. In Health Care Turning Point, health policy expert Roger Battistella argues that the conventional wisdom that dominates health policy debates is out of date. Battistella takes on popular misconceptions about the advantages of single-paye…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262265966
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xx, 165 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Rationing is not a four-letter word : setting limits on healthcare
"Most people would agree that the healthcare system in the United States is a mess. Healthcare accounts for a larger percentage of gross domestic product in the United States than in any other industrialized nation, but health outcomes do not reflect this enormous investment. In this book, Philip Rosoff offers a provocative proposal for providing quality healthcare to all Americans and controll…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262320762
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Pricing life :why it's time for health care rationing
A rational look at health care rationing, from ethical, economic, psychological, and clinical perspectives. Although managed health care is a hot topic, too few discussions focus on health care rationing—who lives and who dies, death versus dollars. In this book physician and bioethicist Peter A. Ubel argues that physicians, health insurance companies, managed care organizations, and gover…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262285346
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xix, 208 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography