Betty Leyerle

The Private Regulation of American Health Care

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Produktbeschreibung

This work discusses a transformation of health care delivery that was launched by coalitions of business leaders during the early 1970s. It argues for a single-payer system and considers how public regulation offers the possibility of democratic participation in setting health care policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9781563242892
• ISBN-10: 1563242893
• Artikelnr.: 21815789

Autorenporträt

Betty Leyerle is Professor of Sociology and Human Services at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. She is the author of Moving and Shaking American Medicine: The Structure of a Socioeconomic Transformation (1984). Dr. Leyerle holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Managed Competition-The Private Regulation of American Health Care
Chapter 1 The Twenty-Year-Old Crisis
Chapter 2 The Basic Components of Private Regulation
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Private Regulation
Chapter 4 Managing Health
Chapter 5 Managing "Quality" through Outcomes Research
Chapter 6 Conclusions