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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... increases in the percentages working in physicians' offices, chiropractors' offices (reflecting the large increase in the number of chiropractors since the 1970s), and especially “other” health services. The U.S. Department of Labor has ...
... increased between 1988 and 1999, when 91% of all physicians had at least one managed care contract (up from 61%) and 49% of average practice revenue was derived from managed care (up from 23%). Participation in managed care declined ...
... increased admissions from remote physicians, and standardized care protocols and disease management programs (Haugh, 2002). Six years after they published their first article on the hospitalist concept, based on a literature review of ...
... increasing specialization of American medicine. Another is the financial incentive that is part of specialization: There has almost always been more money to be made in the specialties than in primary care. At the same time, there has ...
... increasing since the early 1970s. In 2000–2001 women accounted for 47% of the number of applicants, 46% of the ... increased to 9%. However, by 2000, it had fallen to 7.5% and is now at 6.6% in 2006. At the same time, Hispanic admissions ...
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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 |