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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... Divisions Hospital Governance in the Private Sector The Hospital in the Present Era Solutions Long-Term Care: The Example of Nursing Homes 73 74 74 75 75 77 79 Chapter 4 Primary and Ambulatory Care Primary Care 83 83 vi Contents.
... Example : Nosocomial Infections 175 Organizations With 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 ...
... example, the “sick role” as defined by Parsons (1951), which posits the rights and obligations of sick persons in Western societies. And the sum of all the institutions and processes that support the work of diagnosis and healing can be ...
... example, traditional Chinese Medicine (Liu, 1988). It presents an entirely different perspective on health and health care than does the model originally developed in the Western European countries. Written records of origins of ...
... example, the greatest health threats to U.S. farm workers are injuries from farm machinery and falls that result in sprains, strains, fractures, and abrasions (Myers, 2001). There are well-documented health threats to office workers ...
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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 |