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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... services . In the other industrialized countries , even if a ministry does not operate the health care system ... fee - for - service system of medical prac- tice that , certainly since the end of World War II , has produced ...
... fee - for - service basis . Under managed care , an increasing number of the latter group of health care professionals is receiving at least a portion of their incomes . under a “ capitation ” payment system ( see chapter 6 ) . In the ...
... service is rendered by an individual physician to a private patient of that physician. The responsible third-party payer, if any, pays a private fee to the provider. The “participation” of the insurance companies in the provision of ...
... services (usually not spelled out in any detail). In return, the practitioner is paid a fee by the patient ... fee-for-service system. Among the major factors that influence what the physician in private prac- tice may do to ...
... fee-for-service basis. Physician Supply Model In 1993 the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) developed the Physician Supply Model, a demographic utilization-based computerized system, to ...
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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 |