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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... chapter 2, and managed care in chapter 8.) Health Care Facilities Of the institutions housing and caring for patients in bed (inpatients), acute care hospitals are the most numerous. In 2003, there were about 5,764 acute care hospitals ...
... chapter 2.) Health Care Financing In 2003, the United States spent over $1.679 trillion on health services, close to 15.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005, Tables 118, 119). Since the creation in 1965 of ...
... chapter 6). In the past, U.S. health care facilities for the most part operated either on a global budget or on some form of a cost-reimbursement basis. Again, under managed care, a growing number of institutions are receiving a ...
... chapter 6), as well as those insurance companies providing professional liability (malpractice) coverage. Third are nursing homes for the aged and chronically ill, which have long been predominantly proprietary, with about 80% of their ...
... chapter 3). Most of the major causes of acute and chronic morbidity (sickness) are treated in the primary care setting. As of 1996 (the most recent year for which the following data were available at the time of writing), the major ...
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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 |