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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... Prevention [CDC], 2003; Institute of Medicine, 1999). Social Environment Sociodemographic characteristics, particularly race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, are associated with significant variations in health status and risk for ...
... health improvement efforts. For example, the emphasis of Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000), which is the U.S. nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda, Introduction 5.
... prevention agenda, is on health behaviors and medical care (Healthy People 2010: Environmental Quality). The leading ... prevention— primary, secondary, and tertiary. Fos and Fine (2000) define these terms as follows: “Primary prevention ...
... prevention: early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions that can be cured or limited in their consequences (secondary prevention); and (2) treatment of chronic diseases and other conditions to prevent exacerbation, stabilize ...
... prevention and treatment through various interventions. A vast store of knowledge has been accumulated from the observations and experiences of past centuries. In our era, both the scientific knowledge base and our understanding of the ...
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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 |