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Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System
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Product Description
In this impassioned and often vitriolic book - a follow-up to the author's bestselling Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century - U.S. health care industry expert J.D. Kleinke offers an unflinching look at our broken health care system. Throughout the book, Kleinke - who was once a vocal advocate of the managed health care system - explains what went wrong and attempts to answer such perplexing questions as:
Who's in charge of the American health care system?
How does managed care work . . . or not work?
Why have hospitals become so complex?
What are the prospects for reform?
Does the Internet change anything?
Can we solve the growing problem of the uninsured?
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1965854 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-24
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .89" h x 6.54" w x 9.30" l, 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"In his first book "Bleeding Edge," and his editorials in The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere were his argument on behalf of managed care, then "Oxymorons" is his mea culpa." (The Wall Street Journal, 12/11/01)
"The book is interesting, easy to read, and flows smoothly." (Journal for Healthcare Quality, October 2002)
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"J.D. Kleinke takes us on a fearless, often harrowing journey to the beating heart of the U.S. health care system, dispelling much of the conventional wisdom about what is wrong with that system, and focusing our attention on what will and will not work to fix it. Oxymorons is a comprehensive, uncompromising, and durable milestone in the annals of health policy, medical, and business literature." — John Iglehart, national correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine and founding editor, Health Affairs
Book Info
Text is a follow-up to the author's text Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century, c1998. Discusses how the marketplace has failed to fix economic and organizational problems plaguing our healthcare system. Includes an analysis of why some strategic initiatives fail while others succeed. DNLM: Managed Care Programs--trends--U.S.
