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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... medical record librarians and information technology specialists) work both under physicians' orders and, in certain circumstances such as school or industrial settings, independently. Many of these “other health” occupations originally ...
... medical graduates (both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who have attended non-U.S. medical schools) to U.S. resi- dency programs, especially those in hospitals situated in those same underserved areas. Slightly more than 20,000 of ...
... Medical Education In the United States, including Puerto Rico, there were 126 fully accredited medical schools (Baransky & Etzel, 2005). Allopathic (MD) medical schools in the United States and Canada are accredited by a voluntary ...
... medical school has been increasing since the early 1970s . In 2000-2001 women accounted for 47 % of the number of applicants , 46 % of the entering class , and 43 % of the graduating class that entered 4 years before ( Barzansky & Etzel ...
... medical schools, and in certain cases, state governments, acting independently. Previous physician workforce planning analyses have resulted in the improvement of and changes to the medical education infrastructure, and prompted ...
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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 |