Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kaplan, Robert M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Medicine.; Health.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.