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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... Long-Term Care: The Example of Nursing Homes 33 33 34 36 38 39 40 43 44 44 45 46 48 51 53 55 56 63 63 63 65 65 67 67 68 69 69 70 70 70 71 73 74 74 75 75 77 79 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Primary and Ambulatory Care Primary Care vi Contents.
... Ambulatory Care Definitions Utilization Hospital Outpatient Departments Hospital Emergency Services Hospital Ambulatory Services Outside the Walls of the Hospital Public Health Agency Clinics Neighborhood and Community Health Centers ...
... ambulatory, which is care provided to patients other than those in institutional beds. There were 1,106,067,000 ambulatory visits in 2004 (NCHS, 2006, Table 89). This represented 383 visits per 100 persons (age adjusted), up from 334 ...
... Ambulatory care for mental illness and emotional problems can be provided in private practice by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and other psychotherapists. There are also several thousand public or ...
... ambulatory patients only or work full-time in hospitals. In the United States, ambulatory care is the predominant setting for medical care. Most ambulatory care visits are in physician offices, with only about 8% in outpatient ...
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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 |