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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... received their medical training outside the United States and Canada . That is quite a remarkable percentage considering the size of and the ongoing investment in the U.S. medical education system. But as Fitzhugh Mullan has pointed out ...
... receiving a regular income and comprehensive fringe benefits; the provision of medical malpractice insurance by the employer; regular hours and regular night and weekend coverage schedules; avoiding the difficulties associated with ...
... receiving the approval of their primary care physician first (although this pattern is beginning to change; Ferris et al., 2001). Under managed care, the primary care physician has two main functions (Bodenheimer, Lo, & Casalino, 1999 ...
... received substantial, although primarily indirect, financial support from the federal government for many years. Entry to U.S. medical schools usually requires a university bachelor's degree. The standard medical school program lasts ...
... receiving health care from an HMO and those obtaining health care on a fee-for-service basis. Physician Supply Model In 1993 the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) developed the Physician ...
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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 |