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 Hospital Ambulatory Services Outside the Walls of the Hospital Public Health Agency Clinics Neighborhood ... Human Services 115 Public Health Service 116 Other Federal Departments State Governments ' Role in Health ...
... Services Combined Provider Organization Department of Health and Human Services Doctor of Osteopathy Department of Defense Diagnosis - Related Group Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Assistance Program Emergency Department ...
... Human Immunodeficiency Virus HMO Health Maintenance Organization HRSA IDS IPA IPO JCAHO LCME LPN MC Health Resources and Services Administration Integrated Delivery System Individual or Independent Practice Association Independent ...
... services and efforts to improve health status. As Young (1998) writes: “Indeed, the WHO definition is 'honored in repetition, rarely in application.' Health may become so inclusive that virtually all human endeavors, including the ...
... Human Services, 1998). Although race and ethnicity do not “explain” these disparities, they point to the need for explanations. Discrimination and its consequences are a recent focus for investigations attempting to explain racial and ...
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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 |