ABSTRACT

The early 1990s saw the U.S. health care system under intensifying pressures and strains as a consequence of steeply rising expenditures, an increase in the number of uninsured persons, and a range of other challenges, including increasingly severe pressures on government and employers, the principal payers for health care. As a consequence of thes

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part One|43 pages

The Changing Health Care Scene: The Longest View

part Two|67 pages

Health Care and the Market

chapter 6|12 pages

The Limits of Health Reform Revisited

chapter 7|9 pages

Health Policy: The Old Era Passes

chapter 8|15 pages

Health Personnel: The Challenges Ahead

chapter 9|12 pages

Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations

chapter 10|7 pages

High-Tech Medicine

chapter 11|6 pages

Competition and Health Reform

chapter 12|4 pages

Hospitals, Doctors, and Global Budgets

part Three|42 pages

The Poor and the Uninsured

part Four|36 pages

Toward Health Reform

chapter 17|5 pages

Health Care Reform: Why So Slow?

chapter 18|10 pages

Interest Groups and Health Reform

chapter 19|6 pages

Physicians and Health Care Reform

chapter 20|6 pages

Where Are We and Where Should We Be Going?

chapter 21|7 pages

President Clinton’s Design for Reform