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An introduction to the U.S. health care system

This bestselling text is a concise and balanced classic presenting the domestic health care system. It explains the five major components of the U.S. health care system: 1. health care institutions (hospitals and nursing homes)2. health care personnel (physicians, nurses, and others)3. financing mechanisms4. research and educational institutions that produce biomedical knowledge and health personnel5. firms producing "health commodities" (such as pharmaceutical drugs and hospital equipment)
eBook, English, ©2007
Springer, New York, ©2007
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1 online resource (xix, 308 pages) : illustrations
9780826103154, 9780826102140, 9786610866908, 0826103154, 082610214X, 6610866902
170933217
Introduction
Health care workforce
Hospitals and other health care institutions
Primary and ambulatory care
Government and the health care system
Financing
Health care system performance
From prepaid group medical practice to managed care
Health care reform