02653nam a22004334a 4500 ebr10176632 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070108s2007 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2007000586 GBA678862 bnb 101296829 DNLM 013552829 Uk 9780815774938 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815774931 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)568035183 n-us--- RA410.53 .R488 2007eb 362.1/0425 22 Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 [electronic resource] : the health spending challenge / Alice M. Rivlin and Joseph R. Antos, editors. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007. xii, 233 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Overview -- Rising health care spending--federal and national / Joseph R. Antos and Alice M. Rivlin -- Strategies for slowing the growth of health spending / Joseph R. Antos and Alice M. Rivlin -- The challenge of Medicare / Gail R. Wilensky -- The role of Medicaid / Alan R. Weil and Louis F. Rossiter -- Leveraging other federal health systems / Susan D. Hosek -- Private payer roles in moving to more efficient health spending / Paul B. Ginsburg -- Cost containment and the politics of health care reform / Judith Feder and Donald W. Moran -- Building public support for slowing the growth of health care spending / Stuart M. Butler. "Authors suggest reforms in federal programs that have the potential to reduce the growth of spending for the entire health system, increase the efficiency and effectiveness of care provided, and enhance health outcomes and stress the need for innovative approaches and cooperation between the private and public sectors"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Medical care, Cost of United States. Medical care United States Cost control. Health care reform Economic aspects United States. Medical economics United States. Electronic books. local Rivlin, Alice M. Antos, Joseph R. Brookings Institution. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10176632 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 236149 236149