Can we say no? : the challenge of rationing health care / Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz ; with Melissa Cox.
2005
RA410.5 .A23 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Can we say no? : the challenge of rationing health care / Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz ; with Melissa Cox.
Author
Aaron, Henry J.
ISBN
0815701217 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815701209 (alk. paper)
0815701209 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
Language
English
Description
xii, 199 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
9780815701200
9780815701217
9780815701217
Call Number
RA410.5 .A23 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1/0425
Summary
"Examines the use of rationing as a means to curb health care spending, using the experience of Great Britain to highlight the promises and pitfalls of this approach"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Schwartz, William B., 1922-2009.
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The promise and the problem
The British system
Matters of life and death
Quality of life
Diagnoses
Rationing and efficiency
Efficiency and inefficiency in British health care
Rationing health care in the United States.
The British system
Matters of life and death
Quality of life
Diagnoses
Rationing and efficiency
Efficiency and inefficiency in British health care
Rationing health care in the United States.