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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... Problems Other Hospital Health Care 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 ...
... Problems in Public Health Conclusions 123 124 124 Chapter 6 Financing 129 Introduction 129 How Much Is Spent 130 Where the Money Comes From , Within the System 132 Private Health Insurance 133 Out - of - Pocket Expenditures 134 ...
... enterprises . They identify the problems and issues facing the system and its beneficiaries , based on the evidence they have carefully marshaled for the reader . These include too much spending for what we get in return; xi Foreword.
... problems . It is not concerned with specifics of current leg- islative proposals and programs and how they are or are not being implemented . It takes primarily a qualitative rather than a quantitative approach . Thus , al- though it ...
... problems. Therefore, each nation or society defines what constitutes and signifies a health problem. Each has diagnostic and treat- ment theories, practices, and tools, where treatment can take many forms on a continuum from cure, to ...
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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 |