Health Care Policy and Regulation (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy)

This volume deals in an innovative way with some of the major issues involved in the current debate over health care reform. The book brings together some of the leading researchers to discuss alternative ways of restructuring the health care industries, and alternative methods for regulating these industries to achieve the objectives of increased access and constraining costs. Topics include national and state health care reform, price regulation, and regulating quality in health care markets.