American Health Economy Illustrated
eBook - ePub

American Health Economy Illustrated

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

American Health Economy Illustrated

About this book

How much does the average American spend on health care? Are costs and quality of health care equal across US states? Do Americans get good value for money spent on health services compared with citizens of other developed nations? Are current health spending trends sustainable through the 21st century? All too often, policymakers and the public alike form judgments about health care based on myths and misconceptions. A common refrain is that US health care is too expensive — both in costs to the taxpayer and costs to the consumer. But few realize that despite its lack of national health insurance, the United States leads nearly all other industrialized nations in the share of health spending paid by third parties, whether public or private. Americans, therefore, are less sensitive to health care prices than citizens of other nations. American Health Economy Illustrated sifts through nearly a century of data to examine — and debunk — the most common myths about the US health care system. With an unbiased, just-the-facts approach and hundreds of color illustrations, Christopher J. Conover assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the current system and evaluates whether current health cost trends are sustainable. Wide-ranging, accessible, and provocative, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the future of American health care.

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Information

Publisher
AEI Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780844772035

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. CHAPTER 1 Rise of a Massive Health Sector
  5. CHAPTER 2 How Is Each Health Dollar Spent?
  6. CHAPTER 3 Who Pays for Health Services?
  7. CHAPTER 4 The Employer Role in U.S. Health Care
  8. CHAPTER 5 Government Health Expenditures, Taxes, and Deficits
  9. CHAPTER 6 Health Services and the Family Budget
  10. CHAPTER 7 Who Produces Health Services?
  11. CHAPTER 8 Health Services and the Distribution of National Income
  12. CHAPTER 9 Productivity in the Health Sector
  13. CHAPTER 10 The Labor Force and Employment in the Health Sector
  14. CHAPTER 11 Personal Incomes and Health Care
  15. CHAPTER 12 Distribution of Health Services
  16. CHAPTER 13 Poverty and Health
  17. CHAPTER 14 The Structure of the Health Sector
  18. CHAPTER 15 Health, Wealth, and Debt
  19. CHAPTER 16 Economic Fluctuations and Health
  20. CHAPTER 17 Health Services and Quality of Life
  21. CHAPTER 18 U.S. Health Care in a Global Economy
  22. CHAPTER 19 Do Americans Get Good Value for Money in Health Care?
  23. CHAPTER 20 Are Health Spending Trends Sustainable?
  24. Glossary
  25. References
  26. Sources
  27. About the Author