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Herzlinger (business administration, Harvard) explains the theory and workings of consumer-driven health care, and collects 73 papers that identify the shortcomings of the third-party health insurance system and assess the impact of the consumer-driven system among some early adopters. The contributors also demonstrate that consumer-driven health insurance will increase the productivity of the health care system, and describe the organizational models and solutions to chronic problems already in use. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Professor Herzlinger documents how the consumer-driven health caremovement is being implemented and its impact on insurers,providers, new intermediaries, and governments. With additionalcontributions by health care's leading strategists,innovators, regulators and scholars, Consumer-Driven HealthCare presents a compelling vision of a health care system builtto satisfy the people it serves. This comprehensive resource includes the most important thinkingon the topic and compelling case studies of consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) in action, here and abroad, including newconsumer-driven intermediaries for information and support; typesof insurance plans; focused factories for delivering health care;personalized drugs and devices; and government roles.
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