Changing the U.S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
2nd Edition
Published on 29. March 2001
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-7879-5404-8 (ISBN)
Description
Here, explore in-depth, the possibilities for public health and policy reform. The second edition of "Changing the U.S. Health Care System" is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of the most current thought on three key components of health care policy-improving access, controlling costs, and ensuring quality. Written by a stellar panel of experts in the field of health care policy, this second edition highlights the most recent research relevant to health policy issues. This valuable resource also includes analyses of current health care policy challenges and presents a wide-range of viable solutions. In addition, the book contains an overview of the opportunities in the growing fields of public health and health policy.
Reviews / Votes
"This superb book provides a thorough and authoritative overview of the complex US healthcare system." (Divine Inc (formerly Doody's publishing), July 2002)More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
1132 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-5404-8 (9780787954048)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Ronald M. Andersen | Thomas H. Rice | Gerald F. Kominski
Changing the U.S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
E-Book
02/2002
2nd Edition
Jossey-Bass
€46.99
Available for download
Persons
RONALD M. ANDERSEN is the Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Professor of Health Services and professor in the department of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. THOMAS H. RICE is professor, department of health services, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health. GERALD F. KOMINSKI is an assistant professor, department of health services and associate director, Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health. They are the coeditors of the first edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System (Jossey--Bass, 1998).
Content
Foreword. Introduction and Overview (R. Andersen, et al.). ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators (R. Andersen & P. Davidson). Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage (E. Brown). COSTS OF HEALTH CARE. Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends (T. Rice). Containing Health Care Costs (T. Rice & G. Kominski). Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures (S. Schweitzer & W. Comanor). QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE. Measuring Outcomes and Health--Related Quality of Life (P. Ganz & M. Litwin). Evaluating the Quality of Care (E. McGlynn & R. Brook). Public Release of Information on Quality (E. McGlynn & J. Adams). SPECIAL POPULATIONS. Long--Term Care and the Elderly Population (S. Wallace, et al.). AIDS in the Twenty--First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health (D. Mosen, et al.). Health Reform for Children and Families (N. Halfon, et al.). Mental Health Services and Policy Issues (S. Ettner). Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women (R. Wyn & B. Solis). Homeless Persons (L. Gelberg & L. Arangua). DIRECTIONS FOR CHANGE. Managed Care and the Growth of Competition (G. Kominski & G. Melnick). Medicare Reform (J. Black & G. Kominski). The Role of Prevention (C. Lewis) Public Health and Personal Health Services (L. Breslow & J. Fielding). The Continuing Issue of Medical Malpractice Liability (R. Roemer). Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services (P. Rosenau & R. Roemer).