{"title":"Lawton R Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLawton R Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the complexities of healthcare systems through detailed research and analysis. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eBig Med\u003c\/em\u003e, examine the intricate relationships between healthcare institutions, policy, and industry, making them essential reads for those interested in the economics and management of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a compelling blend of academic rigour and accessible narrative, suited for both professionals and students in the fields of healthcare, business, and public policy. His books serve as valuable references for understanding the evolving landscape of medical care and organisational dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-med-by-lawton-r-burns-9780226823928","title":"Big Med","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is little debate that health care in the United States is in need of reform. But where should those improvements begin? With insurers? Drug makers? The doctors themselves? In \u003cem\u003eBig Med\u003c\/em\u003e, David Dranove and Lawton Robert Burns argue that we’re overlooking the most ubiquitous cause of our costly and underperforming system: megaproviders, the expansive health care organisations that have become the face of American medicine. Your local hospital is likely part of one. Your doctors, too. And the megaproviders are bad news for your health and your wallet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on decades of combined expertise in health care consolidation, Dranove and Burns trace Big Med’s emergence in the 1990s, followed by its swift rise amid false promises of scale economies and organisational collaboration. In the decades since, megaproviders have gobbled up market share and turned independent physicians into salaried employees of big bureaucracies, while delivering on none of their early promises. For patients, this means higher costs and lesser care. Meanwhile, physicians report increasingly low morale, making it all but impossible for most systems to implement meaningful reforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBig Med\u003c\/em\u003e, Dranove and Burns combine their respective skills in economics and management to provide a nuanced explanation of how the provision of health care has been corrupted and submerged under consolidation. They offer practical recommendations for improving competition policies that would reform megaproviders to actually achieve the efficiencies and quality improvements they have long promised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential read for understanding the current state of the health care system in America—and the steps urgently needed to create an environment of better care for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430164185324,"sku":"9780226823928","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226823928.jpg?v=1774559653"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/lawton-r-burns.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}