Publisher's Synopsis
Written by three of the most eminent spokespersons in the field of health care management––Everett A. Johnson, Montague Brown, and Richard L. Johnson––The Economic Era of Health Care presents an insider′s expose of the dramatic shift in modern medicine from traditional health–oriented community care to the new era of bottom–line–focused medical treatment. The implications of this fundamental change in health care from Main Street to Wall Street are explored in this series of dialogues about the most current changes in managed care, hospital governance, alliances between physicians and managers, and health care ethics. Johnson, Brown, and Johnson offer a compelling picture of today′s health care industry: the problems to be solved, the threats that must be met, and the opportunities that lie ahead for those hospitals and physicians who are willing to challenge the status quo.
