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• catalog abstract "Examines the issue of rationing including its concept, examples of rationing around the world and in the US, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit research, quality and value of life issues, the Oregon Plan, and costs and "rational rationing." The book is devoid of high-level quantitative analysis or technical jargon; however, the economic analysis is well done and understandable for readers who want the economics expressed clearly. The author uses an impressive list of journal and other economic studies, which he explains. He also makes good use of the news and other print media to provide current applications.".
• catalog contributor b12980115.
• catalog contributor b12980116.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "Examines the issue of rationing including its concept, examples of rationing around the world and in the US, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit research, quality and value of life issues, the Oregon Plan, and costs and "rational rationing." The book is devoid of high-level quantitative analysis or technical jargon; however, the economic analysis is well done and understandable for readers who want the economics expressed clearly. The author uses an impressive list of journal and other economic studies, which he explains. He also makes good use of the news and other print media to provide current applications.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction -- ch. 1. Is it nice to ration? -- Putting a price on your life -- The pressure to ration -- Cutting to the chase -- Rationing drugs down under -- The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) -- The beta-interferon controversy -- Medicine versus economics -- Endnotes -- ch. 2. Defending rationing in principle -- Rationing and toy shopping -- Are we wasting money on health care? -- Moral hazard -- The RAND study -- Demand inducement -- Bad buys in health care -- The Wennberg Variations -- Defending rationing -- Endnotes -- ch. 3. Rationing around the world -- Rationing in Germany -- Controlling drug costs in Germany -- If it looks like rationing ... --- Rationing in Canada -- The consequences of waiting lists -- The future of rationing in Canada -- Rationing in England -- Rationing elsewhere in the world -- Endnotes -- ch. 4. Rationing in the U.S. health care marketplace --".
• catalog description "Rationing through the market mechanism : the uninsured in the United States -- Attempts to provide universal coverage -- Rationing among insured Americans -- Government-sponsored rationing in the United States -- A brief history of managed care -- MCO strategies for containing costs -- Whither rationing in America? -- Enough is enough -- Endnotes -- ch. 5. Doing cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit research -- Some background on CEA -- Is it valid to use CEA for health care? -- Doing CEA/CBA -- Measuring costs -- Discounting -- Is CEA/CBA research valid? -- CBA/CEA in practice -- Endnotes -- ch. 6. Measuring the quality of life -- Using rating scales to measure health states -- Working with QALYs -- Putting QALYs into practice -- All QALYs are equal -- Measuring QALYs -- How do your QALY scores measure up? -- The quality of well-being (QWB) scale -- Concerns about QALYs -- Discrimination and QALYs -- Limitations of QALY surveys -- Summing up CEA/CBA methods --".
• catalog description "Rising costs and rational rationing -- The health care budget "crisis" -- The drain on the U.S. economy -- Targeting technology -- The fallacy of cost containment -- The steady drumbeat of rational rationing -- Can patients be rational? -- Who should ration -- Rational rationing in the public sector -- Rational rationing and managed care -- The real obstacles -- Rational rationing in the 21st century -- Endnotes -- Index.".
• catalog description "What about the PSA test? -- Endnotes -- ch. 7. The Oregon Plan -- Rationing in Oregon -- The story of Coby Howard -- Toward a rational rationing plan -- The creation of the Oregon Health Plan -- The Oregon plan and HMOs -- Creating the list -- The new list -- More protests -- The performance of the rationing plan -- Oregon ten years later -- Where do we draw the line? -- Endnotes -- ch. 8. What is your life worth -- Willingness to pay, human capital, and intrinsic value -- Pricing life in the real world -- The cost-of-illness (COI) approach -- Using surveys to put a price on good health -- Some WTP measures -- Willingness to pay for life -- How useful are WTP measures? -- Statistical versus identified lives -- The economic approach to valuing statistical lives -- Other evidence on the value of life -- What is your life worth? -- Value of a QALY -- Responding to Mr. Mortimer -- The bottom line -- Endnotes -- ch. 9.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 191 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0130671657".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT Prentice Hall,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "2004 M-904".
• catalog subject "362.1/042/0973 22".
• catalog subject "Cross-Cultural Comparison United States.".
• catalog subject "Health Care Rationing economics United States.".
• catalog subject "Health care rationing economics United States.".
• catalog subject "Health care rationing.".
• catalog subject "RA410.5 .D762 2003".
• catalog subject "Value of Life economics United States.".
• catalog subject "WA 540 AA1 W555 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- ch. 1. Is it nice to ration? -- Putting a price on your life -- The pressure to ration -- Cutting to the chase -- Rationing drugs down under -- The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) -- The beta-interferon controversy -- Medicine versus economics -- Endnotes -- ch. 2. Defending rationing in principle -- Rationing and toy shopping -- Are we wasting money on health care? -- Moral hazard -- The RAND study -- Demand inducement -- Bad buys in health care -- The Wennberg Variations -- Defending rationing -- Endnotes -- ch. 3. Rationing around the world -- Rationing in Germany -- Controlling drug costs in Germany -- If it looks like rationing ... --- Rationing in Canada -- The consequences of waiting lists -- The future of rationing in Canada -- Rationing in England -- Rationing elsewhere in the world -- Endnotes -- ch. 4. Rationing in the U.S. health care marketplace --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Rationing through the market mechanism : the uninsured in the United States -- Attempts to provide universal coverage -- Rationing among insured Americans -- Government-sponsored rationing in the United States -- A brief history of managed care -- MCO strategies for containing costs -- Whither rationing in America? -- Enough is enough -- Endnotes -- ch. 5. Doing cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit research -- Some background on CEA -- Is it valid to use CEA for health care? -- Doing CEA/CBA -- Measuring costs -- Discounting -- Is CEA/CBA research valid? -- CBA/CEA in practice -- Endnotes -- ch. 6. Measuring the quality of life -- Using rating scales to measure health states -- Working with QALYs -- Putting QALYs into practice -- All QALYs are equal -- Measuring QALYs -- How do your QALY scores measure up? -- The quality of well-being (QWB) scale -- Concerns about QALYs -- Discrimination and QALYs -- Limitations of QALY surveys -- Summing up CEA/CBA methods --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Rising costs and rational rationing -- The health care budget "crisis" -- The drain on the U.S. economy -- Targeting technology -- The fallacy of cost containment -- The steady drumbeat of rational rationing -- Can patients be rational? -- Who should ration -- Rational rationing in the public sector -- Rational rationing and managed care -- The real obstacles -- Rational rationing in the 21st century -- Endnotes -- Index.".
• catalog tableOfContents "What about the PSA test? -- Endnotes -- ch. 7. The Oregon Plan -- Rationing in Oregon -- The story of Coby Howard -- Toward a rational rationing plan -- The creation of the Oregon Health Plan -- The Oregon plan and HMOs -- Creating the list -- The new list -- More protests -- The performance of the rationing plan -- Oregon ten years later -- Where do we draw the line? -- Endnotes -- ch. 8. What is your life worth -- Willingness to pay, human capital, and intrinsic value -- Pricing life in the real world -- The cost-of-illness (COI) approach -- Using surveys to put a price on good health -- Some WTP measures -- Willingness to pay for life -- How useful are WTP measures? -- Statistical versus identified lives -- The economic approach to valuing statistical lives -- Other evidence on the value of life -- What is your life worth? -- Value of a QALY -- Responding to Mr. Mortimer -- The bottom line -- Endnotes -- ch. 9.".
• catalog title "What's your life worth? : health care rationing-- who lives? who dies? who decides? / David Dranove.".
• catalog type "text".