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Business Perspectives archives from September 2002
The national health care crisis: a reflection of the problems in Tennessee.
September 22, 2002... Without doubt, one of the most serious and troubling difficulties in the nation and in Tennessee is the crisis in the health care delivery system. A 2002 National Academy of Sciences report, "Fostering Rapid Advances in HealthCare: Learning...
Memphis medical center metamorphoses amid change.(overview of Memphis, Tennessee, hospital, health care services)
September 22, 2002... The Memphis medical center has never been more vibrant than it is today thanks to some recent alliances. Some thought that the closing of two hospitals in the past few years brought with it a death knell to the medical center. Gary Shorb, CEO...
TennCare: a closer look a legislative briefing paper.
September 22, 2002... Despite ongoing concerns about TennCare's cost and success, the program has provided health care coverage to Tennesseans at a reasonable price while benefiting the overall health care economy of Tennessee. This article examines some of the...
Health as an economic engine: how better health leads to economic development.
September 22, 2002... Introduction
Why should a community invest in the health of its residents? This is a critical question facing all cities and urban areas that are confronted with a myriad of urgent problems that demand attention and compete for scarce...
The color of health and health care.(report indicates racial differences in American health care industry)
September 22, 2002... In March 2002, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued an alarming report about health care in America (IOM, 2002). The report noted that racial differences exist in the receipt of health care and that these differences are not solely explained...
The economic costs of informal elder caregiving.
September 22, 2002... Increase in life expectancy (in the past century) have extended the average life span almost three decades, so that the average American now has a life expectancy approaching 80. Large numbers of individuals also live well into their 80s and...
High drug prices, the U.S. elderly, and drug expenditure control policies.
September 22, 2002... Introduction
The U.S. now spends approximately 15.0 percent of its GDP on health care, the highest rate among OECD countries. However, since 1960, it has consistently fared worse than the median in terms of "disability-adjusted life...