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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... Functions 85 Brief Historical Background 86 Primary Care Workforce Primary Care and the Health Care Delivery System 87 88 Ambulatory Care Definitions Utilization 89 89 89 Industrial Health Service Units Hospital Outpatient Departments ...
... functions of the system . Chapter 1 provides an overview of the system . Chapter 2 presents the peo- ple who provide the care . Chapters 3 and 4 cover its primary inpatient and outpatient institutional forms . Chapter 5 covers ...
... functions , the private health care sector , non- health care commercial enterprises with health care functions , and voluntary health care agencies . Health Care System Management If institutions , workforce , and financing are to be ...
... functions , and it customarily runs the national organization that pays for health care at the personal ... function focus significantly on producing outcomes , such as power and profits for providers and payers , in addition to ...
... function, and average length of patient stay. There are three principal types of ownership: government (federal, state, and local); private, not-for-profit (also called voluntary); and private, for-profit (also called investor-owned or ...
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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 |