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The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Lawton Robert Burns (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
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An Essential Guide to the Processes and Operational Complexities of the U.S. Healthcare System

A Doody's Core Title for 2023!
 
The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem serves as an expert navigator through the complicated and often confusing environment where healthcare payers, healthcare providers, and producers of healthcare technologies all interact. This thorough resource provides expert insight and analysis of employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, the major professions, healthcare consolidation, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, and much more. Packed with timely examples and filled with illustrations, The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem will inspire you to think more critically about the business of healthcare and make informed assessments.
 
Features:

  • Includes often neglected topics impacting healthcare delivery such as employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, healthcare consolidation, and biotechnology
  • Highly readable and single-authored by a Wharton Professor who has taught health care delivery and management for over 20 years
  • Filled to the brim with helpful diagrams, charts and tables - nearly 350 figures complement the text
  • Every chapter ends with a helpful Summary and Questions to Ponder

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    978-1264264476
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    McGraw Hill / Medical
  5. Publication date
    March 16, 2021
  6. Language
    English
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L. Robert Burns, PhD, MBA, is at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, Health Care Management; Professor of Management; Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics; and Co-Director, Roy & Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.

About the Author

L. Robert Burns, PhD, MBA, is at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, Health Care Management; Professor of Management; Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics; and Co-Director, Roy & Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08VF9CYC6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill / Medical; 1st edition (March 16, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 16, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 157359 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1345 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 69 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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As a healthcare professional, I found Prof. Burns take on the eco system very relevant and refreshing. This is a comprehensive and well written account of US healthcare stakeholders and their intertwined relations. It’s a must read for new comers in the industry.Thank you for documenting the knowledge professionals gain after years of experience into a guide for future healthcare leaders. This will be taught in business schools very soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for anyone who works in the US Healthcare field
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
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Absolutely essential reading for anyone who either works in or aspires to work in the US Healthcare system. Takes a careful yet clear and straightforward view of the US Healthcare system. Crucially, this book does not pull punches and attempts in all cases to "tell it like it is" rather than obscuring some of the more challenging aspects of US Healthcare.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bookshelf essential
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021
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As a healthcare professional, I found Prof. Burns take on the eco system very relevant and refreshing. This is a comprehensive and well written account of US healthcare stakeholders and their intertwined relations. It’s a must read for new comers in the industry.

Thank you for documenting the knowledge professionals gain after years of experience into a guide for future healthcare leaders. This will be taught in business schools very soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bookshelf essential
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021
As a healthcare professional, I found Prof. Burns take on the eco system very relevant and refreshing. This is a comprehensive and well written account of US healthcare stakeholders and their intertwined relations. It’s a must read for new comers in the industry.

Thank you for documenting the knowledge professionals gain after years of experience into a guide for future healthcare leaders. This will be taught in business schools very soon.
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D.Ace
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022
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Amazing overview of the healthcare system with detailed explanations of key factors.
I've read a number of books on healthcare over the past few years, I'd say this one sits towards the top of the stack near Reinhardt's Priced Out but above Rosenthal's An American Sickness or Brill's Bitter Pill.
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Ashleigh
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Healthcare Systems and Finance Resource
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2022
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Authors anecdotes and wit make this a fun and interesting read. Information is presented in a concise manner, it is streamlined and well put together.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Happy
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2022
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Arrived on time and in good condition. I read the sample online and I'm looking forward to readi g the rest.
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Cayman Diver
5.0 out of 5 stars Great text
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021
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I have been in healthcare for over 30 years, and wish I had read this text much earlier. It is clear, concise, and easy to read. It is comprehensive and and will help many readers understand the complexity and nuances of healthcare. Highly Recommended
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Luis S.
1.0 out of 5 stars Word Salad
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023
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As a family physician with over 30 years of experience, I read most of a The US Healthcare Ecosystem by Lawton Robert Burns, a university educator for 30 years in at least 2 Ivy League schools, contributing to the education of MBA’s and other healthcare administrators. I did not finish it primarily because the author’s knowledge about the facts and realities of healthcare and conclusions made were often inaccurate. Not surprising his shortest chapter was about the clinicians who deliver care. He introduced word games used by business and administration healthcare theorists to support and convince how healthcare is and should be delivered in the US. Burn’s writing is non-reflective on a subject so complex, touching, and too often disturbing millions of uninsured and underinsured of lives while overspending on unnecessary and outrageously priced items from drugs to technology with a subspecialist myth and falling short of supporting and delivering essential health and care to the whole population of the richest country in the world,.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2021
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I work in the healthcare industry and wanted to update/refresh my understanding on several topics. This book is a fantastic overview (and also goes into various nuances) of the healthcare industry. Must have!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive book on understanding US Healthcare Ecosystem
Reviewed in India on December 29, 2021
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This book is a comprehensive narrative on the most important aspects that define managed healthcare in USA. Exhaustively researched and structured systematically to help the target readers understand the latest concepts, constructs and frameworks that are being applied in healthcare. A must-read for those who need to understand the various tailwinds and headwinds that are influencing healthcare and health-tech in the USA.
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