Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise

by Robert I. Field

Book Overview

Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. It is the engine that translates public policy into action. While the health and lives of patients, as well as almost one-sixth of the national economy depend on its effectiveness, health care regulation in America is bewilderingly complex. Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195159683
• ISBN13: 9780195159684
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"