U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem Payers, Providers, Producers

The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers

By Lawton R Burns

"This text is differentiated from the many other healthcare delivery texts available in that it gives equal attention to the parties that pay for health care, the parties that provide health care, and the parties that produce the products used in health care. To this end, the author weaves a common thread throughout every chapter in the book that the goals of health care relate to the the iron triangle (cost, quality, and access) and the triple aim (per capita cost, population health, and patient experience)"--.

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Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Publish Date: 04/12/2021
Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781264264476
ISBN-10: 126426447X
Language: Eng

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An Essential Guide to the Processes and Operational Complexities of the U.S. Healthcare System

A Doody's Core Title for 2023! The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem serves as an expert navigator through the complicated and often confusing environment where healthcare payers, healthcare providers, and producers of healthcare technologies all interact. This thorough resource provides expert insight and analysis of employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, the major professions, healthcare consolidation, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, and much more. Packed with timely examples and filled with illustrations, The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem will inspire you to think more critically about the business of healthcare and make informed assessments. Features:
  • Includes often neglected topics impacting healthcare delivery such as employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, healthcare consolidation, and biotechnology
  • Highly readable and single-authored by a Wharton Professor who has taught health care delivery and management for over 20 years
  • Filled to the brim with helpful diagrams, charts and tables - nearly 350 figures complement the text
  • Every chapter ends with a helpful Summary and Questions to Ponder

About the Author

Philip A. Rea, Professor of Biology and Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director, co-founded the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management at the University of Pennsylvania. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has received several pr

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