Robert M. Kaplan

Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars (eBook, PDF)

Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars is about the costs of health care and their impact on health. The book provides a timely criticism of the health care industry and the costs of health care. Within the U.S. health care system, there is evidence that regions that spend more do not have better outcomes, and some evidence suggests that quality of care is lower in the regions that spend more, not less, on health care. The author takes the controversial position that mass markets have been created for services that may offer little or no benefit to patients. He forcefully argues that the overuse of medications and tests runs up the costs of health care. The concluding chapters offer suggestions for policy makers and for patients. Methods for systematically evaluating the cost-effectiveness of new guidelines are discussed. The final chapter provides practical suggestions to enable patients to share in decisions about treatments or tests that can have uncertain benefits.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387740454
• Artikelnr.: 37287936

Autorenporträt

Robert M. Kaplan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He has been elected president of four different academic societies and has served as editor-in-chief for two major journals. Kaplan is the author or editor of 16 books and more than 400 articles or chapters. In 2005, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Disease, Drugs and Money.- Chapter 2: The Disease-Reservoir Hypothesis.- Chapter 3: Mental Models of Health and Healthcare.- Chapter 4: What is Disease and When does it Begin?.- Chapter 5: Screening for Cancer.- Chapter 6: Deciding When Blood Pressure Is Too High.- Chapter 7: The Cholesterol Cutoff.- Chapter 8: Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Chapter 9: Costs-Effectiveness and Opportunity Costs.- Chapter 10: Shared Medical Decision-Making.- Chapter 11: Putting the Pieces Together.
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.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book discusses points of tension in the U.S. healthcare system and places the burden on readers to critically think about the paradoxes consumers face. ... The intended audience includes health providers and consumers." (Carole A. Kenner, Doody's Review Service, February, 2009)

"Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars is an exceptionally practical, carefully argued study of what can be done to control health care costs by improving the approach to medical decision making. Kaplan persuasively demonstrates the practical wisdom he has learned from wide-ranging research and insightful clinical observations. His book challenges the assumptions of patients and physicians. I believe that many of his concrete recommendations can save not only dollars but the health of patients and the satisfaction of physicians in their professional practice." (James F. Bresnahan, JAMA, Vol 302, No. 3)