Disease, diagnoses, and dollars facing the ever-expanding market for medical care
Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care Robert M. Kaplan, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA Close to 50 Million Uninsured, Steeply Rising Insurance Premiums, Employers Cutting Healthcare Benefits . . . There’s plenty wrong with this picture. In D...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Copernicus Books/Springer
c2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009462911906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Disease, Outcomes, and Money
- The Disease-Reservoir Hypothesis
- Mental Models of Health and Healthcare
- What Is Disease and When Does It Begin?
- Screening for Cancer
- Deciding When Blood Pressure Is Too High
- The Cholesterol Cutoff
- Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome
- Cost-Effectiveness and Opportunity Costs
- Shared Medical Decision-Making
- Putting the Pieces Together.
