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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... disease prevention agenda, is on health behaviors and medical care (Healthy People 2010: Environmental Quality). The leading health indicators cited in Healthy People 2010 are level of physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco ...
... diseases”: unhealthy behaviors. The boundary becomes blurred between, e.g., heart disease as manifest in symptoms, or in elevated serum cholesterol measurements, or in excessive consumption of fats. All are “diseases” and represent a ...
... disease, and psychiatric (Health Forum/ American Hospital Association, 2001, p. A3). The American Hospital Association defines the community hospital as a nonfederal, short-term general or other special hospital. This is the predominant ...
... disease, as well as the understanding of how to apply that knowledge to prevention and treatment through various interventions. A vast store of knowledge has been accumulated from the observations and experiences of past centuries. In ...
... disease. For-Profit Enterprises Providing Health Services There are two distinct ways in which for-profit enterprises provide health services. There are for-profit health services providers and suppliers, and there are corporations that ...
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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 |