Administration & Management, Economics, Clinical Medicine, Health Care Industries
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Overview
A former Medicare/Medicaid administrator notes in prefatory remarks that "if this 'objective evaluation' stuff was easy, it would have happened long ago." In 1989, Dr. Brown (U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine), director of the Center for Value-Based Medicine, had unsuccessfully lobbied the federal government for setting up healthcare practice guidelines. Hoping that recent Medicare reform will lead to further system reforms, and arguing that providers need to understand health economics, the authors overview concepts in linking evidence-based medicine with cost- utility analysis and quality-of-life measures (examples of which are given). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR"An introduction to the principles behind value-based medicine and its role in improving the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and maximizing the use of healthcare resources"--Provided by publisher.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2005
Publisher
American Medical Association
Pages
339
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781579476250