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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... problem; what are legitimate and effective diagnostic and treatment theories, methods, and tools; and the persons ... problems of health and disease, there are also certain similarities in the basic structures and organization used to ...
... problems encountered in sealed office buildings (Samet, Marbury, & Spengler, 1987; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2006). In residential settings, exposure to pollutants from nearby industrial facilities, power plants, toxic waste ...
... problems. If we argue that health is the product of multiple factors including genetic inheritance, the physical environment, and the social environment, as well as an individual's behavioral and biologic response to these factors, we ...
... problems effectively (Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2003). We recognize that health, as well as health care, exist within a biological, physical, and social context, and all of these factors influence the health care system's probability of ...
... problems can be provided in private practice by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and other psychotherapists. There are also several thousand public or voluntary mental health clinics serving primarily ...
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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 |