The rapid pace of change in the healthcare industry is creating turbulence for just about everyone. For consumers, affordable access to quality healthcare is an issue of primary importance. For employers, health benefits have grown to be an alarmingly large component of their compensation packages. For physicians and other healthcare providers, practice management has become increasingly demanding. Complexity is the rule, thanks to government regulations and insurer requirements, the expansion of technology in everything from diagnosis to records, and the desire of policymakers and others to have a say in how healthcare is delivered and to whom."The Business of Healthcare" provides Rx to these and other challenges in three volumes. Each volume features commentary and insights from leaders in the health care industry, including physicians, attorneys, administrators, educators, and business consultants. The result is a landmark set filled with provocative analysis and practical recommendations destined to improve the delivery of health care." The Business of Healthcare" presents ideas and information that until now have been sequestered in a variety of professional journals and books, in isolation from each other. For the first time, healthcare professionals, consumers, scholars, students, and policymakers alike will have access to the same body of information about a critical sector of the economy - one that represents 15 per cent of the U.S. national GDP, consumes 10 per cent of federal government spending, and employs 12 million. This three-volume set addresses the current debates that are determining the future course of the industry.