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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... major community health research projects focusing on underserved populations . She has extensive training and experience in clinical outcomes research , survey research design and analysis , and the analysis of large administrative ...
... Major Influence on Health Care Quality 180 Equity of Health Care 189 Equity and the Quality of Health Care 189 Equity and Access to Health Care 190 Efficiency of Health Care 191 A National Scorecard 192 Data and Information Technology ...
... major focus of the health care system's pri- mary prevention activities is on the behavioral determinants of health, rather than the physical and social environments: The focus on individual risk factors and specific diseases has tended ...
... major components : the facilities where health care is provided ; the workforce that provides health care services ; the providers of health care therapeutics such as , in Westernized countries , pharmaceuticals and medical equipment ...
... major features in the context of those of the health care systems of the other major industrialized countries . In the United States , there is no one central " trunk " of the " tree " mentioned earlier , but multiple ones . For the ...
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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 |