Health care regulation in America [electronic resource] : complexity, confrontation, and compromise / Robert I. Field. Field, Robert I. Medical policy United States. RA395.A3 F535 2007 362.10973 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry. While the health and lives of patients as well as almost one-sixth of the national economy depend on its effectiveness, health care regulation in America is bewilderingly complex. 'Health Care Regulation in America' is a guide to this regulatory maze. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. c2007. 2007 Text 1 online resource (xv, 336 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159684.001.0001 eng United States.