Money-driven medicine / Gabriel Film Group in association with Jigsaw Productions presents ; directed, edited & filmed by Andrew Fredericks ; produced by Alex Gibney, Peter Bull, Chris Matonti.

"MoneyDriven Medicine reveals why comprehensive healthcare reform remains the challenge of the years ahead and points to paths for the future. Doctors and health researchers show how the movement for patient-centered, accountable care can be carried into classrooms, hospitals, doctors' offices and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Gabriel Films
Jigsaw Productions
California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Fredericks, Andrew (Director, Film editor)
Gibney, Alex (Producer)
Bull, Peter (Producer)
Matonti, Chris (Producer)
Mahar, Maggie
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [South Burlington, Vt.] : California Newsreel, 2009.
Edition:Multi-version professional's edition.
Subjects:
Medical economics > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Medical care > United States > Costs.
Medical care > United States > Cost effectiveness.
Medical care > United States > Finance.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Medical ethics > United States.
Social medicine > United States.
Health insurance > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Physician and patient > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
What ails American healthcare and how to heal it.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Costs up, access down
  • Doctors say U.S. healthcare far from best in the world
  • A shortage of primary care physicians
  • Commercialization undermines the doctor-patient relationship
  • Supply-driven overtreatment : "we over-build and then we over-use"
  • One-third of healthcare dollars wasted on unnecessary treatments
  • Insurers pass on the cost of unneeded treatments, premiums skyrocket
  • When patients aren't told the risks
  • Shared decision making : informed patient choice
  • To compete hospitals invest in redundant technology
  • In a busy hospital, patients need an advocate
  • The medical-industrial complex
  • Cascading complications, "They're generating revenue"
  • Aggressive care becomes barbaric
  • Doctors and patients : managing the condition together
  • A system focused on cure not care
  • Becoming a patient advocate
  • Will only the elite be able to afford healthcare?
  • Obstacles to reform : who profits from spiraling costs?
  • Complete film (86 min.)
  • Educator's version (50 min.)
  • Practitioner's version (38 min.)
  • Advocacy version (18 min.)
  • Trailer (2 min.)