Care And Cost

Kenneth McLennan, (editor), is president and chief executive officer of the Machinery and Allied Products Institute, a policy research institute whose members represent a broad spectrum of companies from the manufacturing, communications, and transportation industries. Jack A. Meyer, (editor), is founder and president of New Directions For Policy, a research and policy organization that develops, analyzes, and evaluates social policies for government, business and the foundation community.

Foreword -- Containing Health Care Cost Escalation and Improving Access to Services: The Search for a Solution -- Adopting Market Incentives in Public-Sector Policies -- Catastrophic and Long-Term Care -- Rationing Access to Advanced Medical Techniques -- Problems and Prospects in Financing Long-Term Care -- Improving the Role of Private Markets in Financing Long-Term Care Services -- Practitioner Issues -- Market Incentives and the Costs of Medical Malpractice -- Medical Research and Teaching in a Market-Driven Health Care System -- Stimulating Product Innovation and Reforming the Health Care Reimbursement System -- Workplace Issues -- What Employers Can Do About Medical Care Costs: Managing Health and Productivity -- Incentives for Reducing the Costs of Disability