In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform. They trace the foundations of today's system, and show how distortions in the incentives facing participants in the health care market could be corrected in order to achieve lower costs, a higher quality of care, a higher level of patient safety, and a more efficient allocation of health care resources.

Phelps and Parente propose novel yet economically robust changes to US tax law affecting health insurance coverage and related issues. They also discuss a series of specific improvements to Medicare and Medicaid, and assess potential innovations that affect all of health care, including chronic disease management, fraud and abuse detection, information technology, and other key issues.

The Economics of US Health Care Policy will be illuminating reading for anyone with an interest in health policy, and will be a valuable supplementary text for courses in health economics and health policy, including for students without advanced training in economics.

236 pages, Style copy: Public Transport 9781138936508; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftone

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	November 20, 2017
ISBN13	9780415784320
Publishers	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages	236
Dimensions	233 × 158 × 19 mm · 404 g
Language	English