Tracking medicine : a researcher's quest to understand health care
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : John E Wennberg
- ناشر : New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9780199780242
Description
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 reform the way we manage chronic illness -- Promoting organized care and reducing overuse -- Establishing informed patient choice as a standard of care -- Six ways to control cost, accelerate reform, and save the economy -- The challenge of unwarranted variation.
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 reform the way we manage chronic illness --
Promoting organized care and reducing overuse --
Establishing informed patient choice as a standard of care --
Six ways to control cost, accelerate reform, and save the economy --
The challenge of unwarranted variation.
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 reform the way we manage chronic illness --
Promoting organized care and reducing overuse --
Establishing informed patient choice as a standard of care --
Six ways to control cost, accelerate reform, and save the economy --
The challenge of unwarranted variation.
