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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Fourth are the for-profit, proprietary, general hospitals, both those that are part of a managed care company and those that are independent. They house about 12% of the nonfederal, short-term hospital beds in the country (NCHS, 2004, ...
As of the early 2000s, though system trends have begun changing certain of these relationships, office and in-hospital medical, dental, chiropractic, and medical and nonmedical psychotherapeutic care, pharmacy, optical, ...
of the average community hospital” (Rogatz, 1970, p. 47). ... Historically, hospitalization for mental illness took place primarily in special mental hospitals, primarily financed and operated by state governments.
hospital system was sharply and steadily contracted over the last third of the 20th century. ... century of antibiotics effective in treating it, also warranted a special network of clinics and hospitals for its detection and care.
For example, consider an administrative/management problem with which hospitals around the country are wrestling. ... are often used to functioning independently, not as part of a team (“Hospital Stocks,” 2002; Sanderson, 1996/1997).
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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 |