TY  - JOUR
T1  - Care and cost: Current issues in health policy
AU  - Anderson OW
Y1  - 1989/12/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03430240124045
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 3480
EP  - 3481
VL  - 262
IS  - 24
N2  - The cost-containment issue of the health services in this country is stimulating overview books for the literate layperson and technical experts in the intricacies of this complicated enterprise. A recent one is the book being reviewed. It is sponsored by the Committee on Economic Development, which commissioned the research and position papers, and was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. By and large, the articles were written by economists and other market-oriented experts.The articles cover the major problems, such as catastrophic and long-term care; practitioner issues regarding economic incentives for professionally appropriate care; and workplace issues as to what employers can do about reducing costs, such as life-style changes, safety measures, and reduction of disability. Perhaps the only difference of opinion between two authors concerned the roles of government and the private sector in long-term financing of long-term care. One view was that government had to be the
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430240124045
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430240124045
ER  -