The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers

by Lawton Robert Burns

An Essential Guide to the Processes and Operational Complexities of the U.S. Healthcare SystemA 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 often neglected topics impacting healthcare delivery such as employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, healthcare consolidation, and biotechnologyHighly readable and single-authored by a Wharton Professor who has taught health care delivery and management for over 20 yearsFilled to the brim with helpful diagrams, charts and tables - nearly 350 figures complement the textEvery chapter ends with a helpful Summary and Questions to Ponder

Genres: Health Care, Business

1345 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 16, 2021

Reviews

[Sathya Hari · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a phenomenal overview of all parts of US healthcare. Read it from start to finish if you're serious about building in this space. The author provides numerous analytical and financial insights along with high-level overviews of each part of the industry. These are essential for understanding the flow of money within healthcare and, therefore, the leverage points for change.