Market-Based Health Care - Paperback

by Grace Budrys (Author)

Market-Based Health Care defines for students the challenges, arguments and politics behind the concept of consumer-driven health care including what it would look like if the business sector would do a better job of organizing our health care arrangements and remove any governmental components built into the system. As a sociologist interested in health care, Budrys focuses on the impact our health care arrangements have on not just an economic level but how they affect people as well. This is an overwhelmingly complex topic and debate and one that is discussed widely in the classroom. This will be the first text to clearly present the market-based health care model and how doctors, medical insurance and "big pharma" play a role in its development.

Author Biography

Grace Budrys is professor emerita at DePaul University. She chaired the committee that created the Master of Public Health program, and served as director of the Public Services Master Program. She is actively engaged in research and writing focused on health sector occupations, organizations, and policy. She has consulted with government and nonprofit organizations throughout her academic career. Her books include Unequal Health: How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness and How Nonprofits Work: Case Studies in Nonprofit Organizations.