Delivering Health Care in America, Seventh Edition is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system-from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality. Using a unique "systems" approach, the text brings together an extraordinary breadth of information into a highly accessible, easy-to-read resource that clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance while presenting a solid overview of how the various components fit together.
With updated data and figures throughout, the new seventh edition is a thorough revision that highlights many new trends in health care; examines current challenges in cost, access, and quality; and explores the legacy of Obamacare and the future of health care reform in view of the new presidency.
The Seventh Edition covers:
* New trends in health care
* Chronic conditions in the U.S. along with updated information on global pandemics and infectious diseases
* Healthy People 2020 goals
* Implications of healthcare professional shortage and the major issues in healthcare workforce after the ACA
* New regulations for medical devices and the impact medical technology and technology assessment.
* Current information on health insurance
* New assessments of patient-centered medical homes in primary care; primary care providers in other countries; and current developments in alternative medicine
* Updates on hospital utilization and costs.
* Experiences with CO-OPs and ACOs under Obamacare.
* Perspectives on community-based LTC. Trends in institutional care.
* The uninsured after the ACA; the current status of the homeless; the plight of mental health and healthcare; the quality of care indicators
* Current challenges in health care cost, access, and quality; pay-for-performance in healthcare
* The critical policy issues; future health policy issues/challenges in both US and abroad
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978-1-284-12449-1 (9781284124491)
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Dr.'Leiyu Shi is Professor of health policy and management from Johns'Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health'Policy and Management. He received his doctoral education from University of California'Berkeley majoring in health policy and services research. He also has a masters'in business administration focusing on finance. Academically he serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins-Tsinghua Dr.PH Program for Healthcare Management and Leadership and Director of the Asia-Pacific Rim Dr.PH Program. In terms of research, he serves as Director of Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy'Center and Director of Johns Hopkins Asia-Pacific Center for Hospital Management and Leadership Research. Dr. Shi's research and practice focus on'primary care, hospitals, health care systems, community health centers, health disparities, and vulnerable'populations. Dr. Shi'is also one of the developers of the Johns Hopkins Primary Care'Assessment Tools that have been widely used internationally to measure primary'health care performance at the individual, practice, and system levels. Dr.'Shi is the author of thirteen textbooks and over 300 scientific journal'articles. He is named by Thomson Reuters in 2014 as among the top cited (and therefore most influential) scientists in the world in the area of Social'Science general.
Dr. Singh teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in health care delivery, policy, finance, and management in the School of Business and Economics and in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University-South Bend. He has authored/coauthored four books and has published in peer-reviewed journals. Before pursuing an academic career, he spent over 15 years in the long-term care industry and held positions of administrator, regional manager, vice president, and consultant. He was awarded the long-term care research award by the Foundation of American College of Health Care Administrators in 1995.
