An American Sickness

An American Sickness
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9780698407183
ISBN-13 : 0698407180
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Book Synopsis An American Sickness by : Elisabeth Rosenthal

Download or read book An American Sickness written by Elisabeth Rosenthal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled more quickly and more completely than American medicine. In only a few decades, the medical system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit for profit the trust that vulnerable and sick Americans place in their healthcare. Our politicians have proven themselves either unwilling or incapable of reining in the increasingly outrageous costs faced by patients, and market-based solutions only seem to funnel larger and larger sums of our money into the hands of corporations. Impossibly high insurance premiums and inexplicably large bills have become facts of life; fatalism has set in. Very quickly Americans have been made to accept paying more for less. How did things get so bad so fast? Breaking down this monolithic business into the individual industries—the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and drug manufacturers—that together constitute our healthcare system, Rosenthal exposes the recent evolution of American medicine as never before. How did healthcare, the caring endeavor, become healthcare, the highly profitable industry? Hospital systems, which are managed by business executives, behave like predatory lenders, hounding patients and seizing their homes. Research charities are in bed with big pharmaceutical companies, which surreptitiously profit from the donations made by working people. Patients receive bills in code, from entrepreneurial doctors they never even saw. The system is in tatters, but we can fight back. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms, she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. In clear and practical terms, she spells out exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship and to hospital C-suites, explaining step-by-step the workings of a system badly lacking transparency. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate the maze that is American healthcare and also to demand far-reaching reform. An American Sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart.

Making Sense of Incentives

Making Sense of Incentives
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Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9780880996686
ISBN-13 : 0880996684
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Making Sense of Incentives by : Timothy J. Bartik

Download or read book Making Sense of Incentives written by Timothy J. Bartik and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartik provides a clear and concise overview of how state and local governments employ economic development incentives in order to lure companies to set up shop—and provide new jobs—in needy local labor markets. He shows that many such incentive offers are wasteful and he provides guidance, based on decades of research, on how to improve these programs.

How to Prepare a Marketing Plan

How to Prepare a Marketing Plan
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Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 0566077841
ISBN-13 : 9780566077845
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Book Synopsis How to Prepare a Marketing Plan by : John Stapleton

Download or read book How to Prepare a Marketing Plan written by John Stapleton and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marketing is today more a management style than a group of activities under a department head, and is absolutely central to the success of a company as a whole. This has informed the revisions to this fifth edition throughout. Most of the earlier content is retained in an updated form, but a new structure has been introduced and a section on implementation included for the first time. All aspects of the planning process are covered, from analysing market share and deciding marketing strategy, to specific elements of the marketing mix - campaign planning, media evaluation, sales promotion, publicity, packaging and PR. An especially valuable feature is the charts and forms, over 150 of them, which are used throughout to clearly illustrate the planning process.

Marketing Information Guide

Marketing Information Guide
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 942
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015085486341
ISBN-13 :
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Download or read book Marketing Information Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation

The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation
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Publisher : AMACOM
Total Pages : 511
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ISBN-10 : 9780814429723
ISBN-13 : 0814429726
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation by : Andris Zoltners

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation written by Andris Zoltners and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need. Incentive programs are seductively powerful but complicated instruments. Without careful planning and implementation, they can be too stingy to motivate, too complex to understand, too quick to reward mediocre results, and too difficult to implement. The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is a practical, accessible, detailed roadmap to building a compensation system that gets it right by creating motivating incentives that produce positive outcomes. Packed with hundreds of real-life examples of what works and what doesn't, this important guide helps you: Understand the value of building an incentive plan that is aligned with your company's goals and culture. Avoid the common trap of overusing incentives to solve too many sales management problems. Measure the effectiveness of your current incentive program, employing easy-to-use tools and metrics for pinpointing its weak spots. Design a compensation plan that attracts and retains successful salespeople, including guidelines for determining the correct pay level, the best salary incentive mix, the proper performance measures, and the right performance payout relationship. Select an incentive compensation plan that works for your organization -- then test the plan before it is launched. Set territory-level goals that are fair and realistic, and avoid overpaying the sales force or demoralizing salespeople by having difficult goals or not fairly assigned. Create and manage sales contests, SPIFFs (Special Performance Incentive for Field Force), and recognition programs that consistently deliver the intended results. Manage a successful transition to a new compensation plan and build efficient administration systems to support your plan. Filled with ready-to-use formulas and assessment tools and a wealth of insights from frontline sales managers and executives, The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is your hands-on, easy-to-read playbook for crucially important decisions.

Marketing and Sales

Marketing and Sales
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 116
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112105079617
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

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Download or read book Marketing and Sales written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Direct Marketing Strategies

Direct Marketing Strategies
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Publisher : Danielle Adams Publishing
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9780964287983
ISBN-13 : 0964287986
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Direct Marketing Strategies by : Jeffrey Dobkin

Download or read book Direct Marketing Strategies written by Jeffrey Dobkin and published by Danielle Adams Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn inside secrets of marketing, advertising, direct mail and public relations in just a few nights of enjoyable reading. Clear and concise, just enough humor.