Health care and the changing economic environment

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Sorkin, Alan L

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Sorkin evaluates the impact of the changing economic environment on the health care system, including the effects of federal expenditures, inflation, alterations in manpower, malpractice costs, and...

Sorkin evaluates the impact of the changing economic environment on the health care system, including the effects of federal expenditures, inflation, alterations in manpower, malpractice costs, and the growth of profit-oriented organizations. He discusses the increased competition from the rising numbers of physicians, nurses and physician extenders. The problems and future directions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs are given careful consideration since life expectancy has been increasing. Economic pressures have forced hospitals to reconsider their role in health care delivery and to enter other business ventures. ISBN 0-669-09016-6: $20.00.

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