Machine generated contents note: Foreword William C. Hsiao; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: Analytic Framework, History, and Public Health: 1. China's healthcare industry: a system perspective Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon Liu; 2. History of China's healthcare system Lawton Robert...

India's healthcare industry : a system perspective / Lawton R. Burns -- Innovative responses to the healthcare challenges confronting India / Stephen M. Sammut -- India's healthcare industry : an overview of the value chain / Lawton R. Burns -- The medical profession in India / Ajay Bakshi,...

This volume provides a comprehensive review of China's healthcare system and policy reforms in the context of the global economy. Following a value-chain framework, the 16 chapters cover the payers, the providers, and the producers (manufacturers) in China's system. It also provides a detailed...

A Guide Through the Wilderness -- What is a Healthcare System? -- Population Health -- Goals of Healthcare -- The 800-Pound Gorilla : Rising Healthcare Costs -- Managing Quality : Another 800-Pound Gorilla? -- Healthcare Providers -- The Medical Profession -- Primary Care : Physicians, Nurses,...

"When it comes to healthcare, bigger isn't always better. The early-1990s rise of "megaproviders"-large, hospital-based healthcare systems that have become the norm in American medicine-brought promises of accessibility, cost savings, and excellence to the American healthcare experience. Today's...

Chapter 1: Introduction to the value chain -- Chapter 2: Introduction to the intermediaries in the healthcare value chain -- Chapter 3: Overview of GPOs -- Chapter 4: History of GPOs (co-authored with David Cassak) -- Chapter 5: Performance of GPOs -- Chapter 6: Analysis of Specific GPO Issues...