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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One of the major factors leading to the ever-rising costs of U.S. health care (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005, Table 118) has been this characteristic of independent physician decision making in resource allocation.
... are significantly uneven (Institute of Medicine, 2002; Wennberg et al., 1996, 1999). For many persons who live in the right geographic location, have the right health care cost coverage package, and have a disease or Introduction 23.
health care cost coverage package, and have a disease or condition on which American medicine has chosen to focus, American medicine is, as it is said, “the best in the world.” But for the person who lives in the wrong place (Wennberg ...
The Present Situation Today, the problem list for the financing, distribution, and delivery of services has changed little since the time of the publication of the CCMC final report (except that the costs are incredibly higher).
Retrieved October 24, 2006, from: http://www. healthypeople.gov/document/html/uih/uihbw/uih4.htm Committee on the Costs of Medical Care. (1932). Medical care for the American people. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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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 |