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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... Human Services, 1998). Although race and ethnicity do not “explain” these disparities, they point to the need for explanations. Discrimination and its consequences are a recent focus for investigations attempting to explain racial and ...
... for health improvement efforts. For example, the emphasis of Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000), which is the U.S. nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda, Introduction 5.
... Human Services, headed by a Cabinet-level secretary. It is responsible for the federal Social Security program, the (diminishing) federal role in the state-run public assistance programs, and the main federal programs in biomedical ...
... Human Services. At all three levels of government, environmental protection services are often provided by an independent agency, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency at the federal level. (For a closer look at government ...
... Human Services, 1999). Ambulatory care for mental illness and emotional problems can be provided in private practice by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and other psychotherapists. There are also ...
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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 |