CUTTING HEALTH CARE: THE PROS AND CONS - Softcover

Alvarez-Galloso, Roberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595394450 ISBN 13: 9780595394456

Publisher: iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Rationing can be defined as a way of limiting products in short supply in order to assure equal distribution.World History has examples of rationing. Examples have included the USA during World War II and Cuba since 1961. Recent examples in Medicine have included Oregon and the Czech Republic.Recently, Great Britain [with its National Health System] has considered rationing.According to the BBC News Article: "Rationing: 'Only Option' for NHS" [dated February 7, 2001], the representatives of the British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing, Patients, Private Health Care Providers, and the Pharmaceutical Industry concluded: "Increased rationing is the only way to go forward."BBC Look North of East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire [UK Local TV News Program] [on January 14, 2005] had a segment on how "Doctor Visits have been replaced by Paramedics."

About this title

From the Author

Cutting Health Care: The Pros and Cons is a study of 8 states in the USA and two countries [UK, and Canada] in their attempts to reform Health Care.
Cutting Health Care: The Pros and Cons states in public what people say in private.
CUT TO THE POINT WITH CUTTING HEALTH CARE

About the Author

Roberto C. Alvarez-Galloso,CPUR is Certified Professional in Utilization Review. He graduated from Universidad Central del Este [in the Dominican Republic] with the degree in Doctor of Medicine. He continued his studies in the admininistrative realm until he received the Certification in Utilization Review from Mc Kesson Interqual. He dedicates this book to God, his Wife, and daughter. He wrote this book for the Health Care Professional and the General Public in their quest for knowledge about Health Care in Today?s World.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595394450
• ISBN 13: 9780595394456
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116