Health Care Policy: A Political Economy Approach

by Theodore R. Marmor, Jon B. Christianson, Theodore R. Marmor and Jon B. Christianson

The authors use a political economy perspective to explain why the effects of public medical care policy in America are often at odds with widely accepted notions of the public interest. Medical inflation, national heath insurance, reduction of hospital capacity, and regulation of long term care, are among the key issues discussed. 'An interesting insight into health care policy in the USA is provided by this book which systematically analyses medical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803918267
• ISBN13: 9780803918269
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.