Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
