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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... diseases, although enforcement, carried out by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and in certain states designated state agencies, is often weak. Private Professional Practice The U.S. health care system ...
... disease detection. In industrialized countries, both treatment and preventive interventions are usually provided by ... diseases, hearing impairment, chronic sinusitis, arthritis, hypertension, heart conditions, orthopedic impairments ...
... people 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.
... 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 et al., 1996, 1999), has no health care cost ...
... Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2003). Environmental public health indicators. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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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 |