Crony Capitalism in US Health Care: Anatomy of a Dysfunctional System

ISBN-13: 9780367631178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 122 str.

Naresh Khatri

Opis

The US political system has come to depend upon money too much. The US health care industry spends the most on political lobbying among all the 13 industrial sectors in the US economy.

Spis treści

Part One. Explication of the U.S. health care system dysfunction 1. The Nature and Extent of the Problem 2. The Crux of the Problem 3. Medicine without Evidence Part Two. Key Players Contributing to the System Dysfunction 4. Politicians/Interest Groups 5. Pharmaceutical Companies 6. Private Health Insurers 7. Hospitals and Hospital Networks 8. Physicians 9. Medical Device Manufacturers 10. American Public Part Three. How to Fix the U.S. Health Care System Dysfunction 11. Addressing Crony Capitalism, the Root Cause of Dysfunction 12. Health Insurance, Payment, and Pricing Arrangements 13. Well-Informed Citizenry

O autorze

Naresh Khatri is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.