Improving Healthcare A Dose of Competition A Report By The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (July, 2004), with various Supplementary Materials /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hyman, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, 9
• Subjects: Health informatics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Economic policy.; Social policy.; Law and economics.; Economics.; Economic Policy.; Law and Economics.; Medical Law.; Health Informatics.; Social Policy.

Improving Healthcare: A Dose of Competition systematically examines the American health care system from a competition-oriented perspective. The volume surveys the performance of each major sector of the health care system, and identifies impediments to more effective competition. Improving Healthca...

Table of Contents:

• Executive Summary
• Overview/Background
• Industry Snapshot and Competition Law: Physicians
• Industry Snapshot: Hospitals
• Competition Law: Hospitals
• Industry Snapshot: Insurance and Other Third Party Payment Programs
• 6: Competition Law: Insurers
• Industry Snapshot and Competition Law: Pharmaceuticals
• Miscellaneous Subjects.