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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... Payments How the Money Is Paid : 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 ...
... pay for . Every dollar of health expenditures is a dollar of health revenue for someone . This is why although observers say we don't have a " health system " in this country , even though it does not make sense to most observers , we ...
... payment ( about 14 % of the total ) ( U.S. Census Bureau , 2005 , Table 119 ) . Government expenditures are for both services that it operates directly and services patients receive from independent providers . In this case , government ...
... payments for care, in whole or in part, for the individual patient are covered by the company's policy, and that the care given is “appropriate” as a covered item of care, in terms of the insurance company's prewritten guidelines. Thus ...
... pay for performance,” in which reimbursement rates are based on outcomes achieved. If the Medicare program adopts this strategy for improving health care outcomes, there will be a ripple effect on all providers, including managed care ...
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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 |