An Introduction to the US Health Care SystemSpringer Publishing Company, 25/05/2007 - 328 من الصفحات Completely expanded and updated to account for the latest changes in the U.S. health care system, this best-selling text remains the most concise and balanced introduction to the domestic health care system. Like its predecessors, it provides an accessible overview of the basic components of the system: healthcare personnel, hospitals and other institutions, the federal government, financing and payment mechanisms, and managed care. Finally, it provides an insightful look at the prospects for health care reform. Steven Jonas, a revered expert in public health, has enlisted his colleagues, Drs. Raymond and Karen Goldsteen, to add their expertise in public health and health policy and management to this outstanding volume. All students of health care administration and policy, as well as practicing healthcare professionals who simply want a relatively brief overview of the system, will find it useful. |
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... agencies , and for - profit enterprises . They identify the problems and issues facing the system and its beneficiaries , based on the evidence they have carefully marshaled for the reader . These include too much spending for what we ...
... agencies of government with health care functions , the private health care sector , non- health care commercial enterprises with health care functions , and voluntary health care agencies . Health Care System Management If institutions ...
... agencies . It is within each of the health services programs in each sector that the five elements of the system ... agencies for social welfare or other functions . The administrative configuration and scope of functions of the ...
... agencies . Most of these have a great deal of operational autonomy , although on certain health matters the local health de- partment may carry out functions delegated by the state agency . Finally , a variety of health - related ...
... agencies, is often weak. Private Professional Practice The U.S. health care system traditionally has been dominated by private medi- cal and other health professional practice, as noted earlier. As of the early 2000s, though system ...
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Chapter 2 Health Care Workforce | 31 |
Chapter 3 Hospitals and Other Health Care Institutions | 63 |
Chapter 4 Primary and Ambulatory Care | 83 |
Chapter 5 Government and the Health Care System | 107 |
Chapter 6 Financing | 129 |
Chapter 7 Health Care System Performance | 167 |
Chapter 8 From Prepaid Group Medical Practice to Managed Care | 205 |
Chapter 9 Health Care Reform | 227 |
Epilogue | 263 |
List of Critical Reports on the US Health Care Delivery System 19272006 | 275 |
Sources of Data | 279 |
Glossary of Terms | 285 |
Index | 295 |