Gavin Brundidge Micheal E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee have an interesting perspective on the strategy that will fix the health care industry in their article “The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care”. They start by saying at the core of the strategy that it should be all about maximizing value for the patients. This means that … Read more
The U.S. health care system exists within a framework bounded by two ideological opposites: health care is a public good and health care is a private good. These two concepts—private good and public good—are defined as follows. Public good, in economics, (is) a product or service that is non-excludable and nondepletable (or “non-rivalrous”). A good … Read more
Chapter 7 focuses a lot on how the performance of various health care systems and how they are assessed and evaluated in the industry. There are three different criteria for evaluation of health care systems: (a)quality (b)equity (c)efficiency. Structure and process influence the outcomes of health care. Ultimately, our interest is in outcomes, and we … Read more
The American health care system has always been one of the most controversial areas in the United States for many years. It is full of many people wanting universal health care for all. These people feel like it is a right to have health care in this country and should receive it. On the other … Read more