Guides: WR 3214: Writing About Disease and Public Health: Course Readings

Articles

Only the first step in containing health costs
by Romer, Christina D
The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, 07/22/2012, p. 6
Obamacare: the rest of the story
by Keller, Bill
The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, 10/14/2013
Carrots For Doctors: Op-Ed
by Bill Keller
New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, 01/28/2013, Late Edition (East Coast), p. A.17
Hospitals Question Medicare Rules on Readmissions
By REED ABELSON
Published: March 29, 2013
New York Times
For Medical Tourists, Simple Math
by Rosenthal, Elisabeth
The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, 08/04/2013, p. A1(L)
Beautiful Pathologies
by Morris, Nathaniel P
The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, 08/14/2013, p. A23(L)
In Need of a New Hip, but Priced Out of the U.S.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Published: August 3, 2013
New York Times
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us
Steve Brill, Time Magazine
"When Care Is Worth It, Even if End Is Death."
Bach, Peter B. "When Care Is Worth It, Even if End Is Death." New York Times 13 Dec. 2011: D5(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 11 Jan. 2012.
A better hospital experience
NOVEMBER 2007 • Kurt D. Grote, John R. S. Newman, and Saumya S. Sutaria
McKinsey Quarterly. Register online for a free account in order to read complete article.
Challenging Assumptions in the Push for Better Care
The New York Times Blogs(Well) October 25, 2012 Thursday
How to Die
B Keller, Op-Ed, The New York Times October 8, 2012 Monday
Improving Primary Care for Patients With Chronic Illness
Thomas Bodenheimer, Edward H. Wagner, Kevin Grumbach JAMA. 2002;288(14):1775-1779.
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It Costs More, but Is It Worth More?
By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL and STEVEN D. PEARSON
January 2, 2012, 10:18 PM
New York Times Blog
Report Finds Most Errors At Hospitals Unreported
Pear, R. New York Times January 6, 2012, page 12.
Report Finds Most Errors At Hospitals Unreported
The New York Times January 6, 2012
Saving by the Bundle
Emanuel, E. The New York Times November 20, 2011 Sunday, page 4.
Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier
Emanuel , Ezekiel 2011. New York Times (Oct 30)
Testing, Testing The health-care bill has no master plan for curbing costs. Is that a bad thing?
The New Yorker
by Atul Gawande
December 14, 2009
The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can teach us about healthcare"
New Yorker. 1 June 2009, pp.36-45.
The Economics of Dying
Arthur Garson Jr. and Carolyn L. Engelhard
March 31, 2009
Governing
THE HOT SPOTTERS
by Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
JANUARY 24, 2011
The Psych Approach
Brooks, D. The New York Times September 28, 2012 Friday, page 35.
To fix health, help the poor.
Bach, Peter B. "When Care Is Worth It, Even if End Is Death." New York Times 13 Dec. 2011: D5(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 11 Jan. 2012.
Treating You Better for Less
The New York Times June 3, 2012 Sunday, page 12.

Reports

Accounting for the cost of US health care: A new look at why Americans spend more
McKinsey Global Institute. Dec. 2008 by Diana Farrell, Eric Jensen, Bob Kocher, MD, Nick Lovegrove, Fareed Melhem, Lenny Mendonca, Beth Parish

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