كتاب
Tracking medicine: a researcher's quest to understand health care
| العنوان: | Tracking medicine: a researcher's quest to understand health care |
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| المؤلفون: | Wennberg, John E. |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| وصف مادي: | xix, 319 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Practice Patterns, Physicians'., Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), Health care reform., Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States., Medicine, Comparative -- United States., Regional medical programs -- United States., Health Care Reform., Health Resources., Health Services Accessibility., Practice Patterns, Physicians' |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | United States. |
| الوصف: | The author has spent his career illustrating how geography is destiny when it comes to health care. Local medical opinion and the supply of medical resources are as important to the level of medical care provided as are levels of actual illness, or patient preference. In this book, using evidence distilled from his own experience at the forefront of practice variation research, he makes the case for delivery science as a laying foundation in the rebuilding of our health care system. This book is an introduction to the science of health care delivery, as well as a powerful argument for its relevance in shaping the future of our country. A resource for those involved in public health and health policy, this book uses the author's pioneering research to provide a framework for understanding the health care crisis; and outlines a roadmap for real change in the future. It is also a useful tool for anyone interested in understanding and forming their own opinion on the current debate. Written by a pioneer in the study of regional variations in health care delivery, it contains real-world examples of health care systems that get it right, to be used as models for future reform. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | In health care, geography is destiny -- The Vermont experience -- Tonsillectomy and medical opinion -- Interpreting the pattern of surgical variation -- Understanding the market for preference-sensitive surgery -- Learning what works and what patients want -- The birth and near death of comparative effectiveness research -- Understanding supply-sensitive care -- Chronic illness and practice variation -- Is more better? -- Are America's "best hospitals" really the best? -- Ten top reasons why we need to reform the way we manage chronic illness -- Promoting organized care and reducing overuse -- Establishing shared decision making and informed patient choice -- Six ways to control costs, and accelerate health care reform -- The challenge of practice variations. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn461256249 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-19-973178-7 0-19-973178-0 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012565709.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
Full Text Finder | ردمك: | 9780199731787 0199731780 |
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