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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... payment issues, cost sharing, and access problems. Age structure also affects the U.S. health care system. The population forecast for the year 2020 undoubtedly foreshadows major changes on the system, as the Baby Boomer generation ages ...
... Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. New England Journal of Medicine, 355(18), 1895–1902. Rossi, P. H., & Freeman, H. E. (1993). Evaluation: A systematic approach. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Samet, J. M., Marbury, M. C., & Spengler ...
... pay a fee (USNY, 1995a, p. 31). (All states have similar requirements.) In our time, few medical school graduates enter practice before completing at least 3 years of residency training. Physician Supply As of 2003, about 84% of the ...
... pay. Physicians are caught in the middle—pressured by private and governmental purchasers of health care to keep costs down, while driven by the public and their own professional standards to do everything that might be beneficial for ...
... payment systems, fewer inappropriate admissions through the emergency department, improved patient satisfaction, reduced readmission rates, increased admissions from remote physicians, and standardized care protocols and disease ...
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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 |