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. |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 6-10 من 89
... programs. The forms and proportionate role of each program differ among national systems. In the United States, as in most industrialized countries, there are five major types of health services program sectors: the principal ...
... programs. Industrial firms are obligated by law to protect workers from accidents and occupational diseases, although enforcement, carried out by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and in certain states ...
... programs for defined population groups are provided by government, such as those for military personnel and dependents, military service veterans, and Native Americans. Other U.S. population subgroups for which special programs of ...
... programs, but rather to delivering individual services, each component putting in its piece more or less as it ... program to meet them, and allocate resources for implementing the program in a systematic way. In this sense, health and ...
... Program evaluation technique is highly developed in the United States (Horn, 1997, 2002; Institute of Medicine, 2000; Rossi & Freeman, 1993). A good deal of academic program evaluation is carried out. For a variety of public policy ...
المحتوى
1 | |
31 | |
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 |