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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... physicians, pharmacists, dentists, and physical therapists (NCHS, 2005, Table 108). The physicians, of whom there were 793,263 active in 2001 (up from 730,000 just 3 years before), by tradition and by license have been the most powerful ...
... physicians (23%), the pharmaceutical and “other medical nondurables” sectors (13%), nursing homes (7%), dentists (5%), government public health services (3%), and government administration and net cost of private health insurance (7 ...
... . Large plants or mines may maintain a staff of physicians and nurses who perform preplacement and periodic health examinations, treat any work-related illnesses, disabilities, or injuries, and may engage in work-site Introduction 15.
... physician's office or at a hospital, the service is rendered by an individual physician to a private patient of that ... physicians who formerly contracted directly with their patients are now in one sense becoming collectivized as well ...
... physicians' offices. Ideally, they are arranged through referral or consultation after a preliminary evaluation by a primary care practitioner. Secondary services include most surgical procedures and the common diagnostic and treatment ...
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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 |