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" The cost disease : "
William J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.].
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626745
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Baumol, William J.
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The cost disease : : why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't /\ William J. Baumol ; with contributions by David de Ferranti ... [et al.].
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New Haven, Conn. :: Yale University Press,, c2012.
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xxi, 249 p. :: ill.
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9780300179286
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: 0300179286
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Bibliogr. : p. 207-235.
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Part I: The survivable cost disease. Why health-care costs keep rising ; What causes the cost disease, and will it persist? ; The future has arrived ; Yes, we can afford it ; Dark sides of the disease : terrorism and environmental destruction ; Common misunderstandings of the cost disease : cost versus quality and financial versus "physical" output measures ; The cost disease and global health -- Part 2: Technical aspects of the cost disease. Hybrid industries and the cost disease ; Productivity growth, employment allocation, and the special case of business services -- Part 3: Opportunities for cutting health-care costs. Business services in health care ; Yes, we can cut health-care costs even if we cannot reduce their growth rate -- Conclusions : Where are we headed and what should we do?
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Prices-- United States.
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Medical care-- United States-- Costs.
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College costs-- United States.
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338.520973
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De Ferranti, David M.
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