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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... Providers , Payers , Provider Payment Approaches 146 146 Risk Transfer and Good Intentions 149 Third - Party Payers 151 Conclusions 152 Chapter 7 Health Care System Performance 167 Introduction 167 Quality of Health Care 168 Population ...
... , PhD, MPH. HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS Components of Health Care Systems All health care systems have five major components : the facilities where health care is provided ; the workforce that provides health care services ; the providers of health ...
... health care system is highly decentralized and frag- mented . Its role and function focus significantly on producing outcomes , such as power and profits for providers and payers , in addition to the provision of patient and community ...
... care companies. (The health care workforce is covered in chapter 2, and managed care in chapter 8.) Health Care Facilities Of the institutions housing and caring for patients in bed (inpatients), acute care hospitals are the most ...
... health commodity is pharmaceuticals (see Strongin, 2002). These elements, as important as they are, are not covered ... providers for the delivery of health services: (1) via government ( in 2003 , over 46 % of total expenditures ...
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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 |