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. |
من داخل الكتاب
... activities are intended to identify the existence of dis- ease early so that treatments that might not be as effective when applied later can be of benefit . Tertiary prevention focuses on the optimum treatment of clinically apparent ...
... 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 to lead not away from but back to the health care system ...
... activities : administration , planning , regulation , and evaluation . Each is closely related to the others . It should be noted that these terms are not used consistently in the description and analysis of the opera- tions and ...
... activities in health care , see chapters 5 and 6. ) Voluntary Agencies In all countries there are nongovernmental agencies that play a role in the health care system . They are commonly known as voluntary agencies . In the United States ...
... activities (O'Donnell & Harris, 1994). Enterprises in isolated locations, such as rural railroad junctions or lumber mills, may operate comprehensive medical care programs. Industrial firms are obligated by law to protect workers from ...
المحتوى
| 1 | |
| 31 | |
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 |