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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... professional organizations, for example, the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), the American Public Health Association (APHA), the American ...
... professional and economic interests of their members, both individual and institutional. They do this through, for example, public education, continuing professional education, litigation, legislative and political action, and, on ...
... Professional Practice The U.S. health care system traditionally has been dominated by private medical and other health professional practice, as noted earlier. As of the early 2000s, though system trends have begun changing certain of ...
... professionals in 2004, there were about 2.3 million active registered nurses, more than 750,000 active allopathic physicians (those with an MD degree) and more than 42,000 osteopathic physicians (those with the DO degree), about 193,000 ...
... professional who is licensed for independent practice. Among the other independent health professions are ... professionals (e.g., nutritionists and dietitians; physical, occupational, and speech therapists and audiologists ...
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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 |