Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition
5th Edition
Published on 16. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-07-149606-3 (ISBN)
Description
An engaging and clinically applicable work on the principles and structure of the U.S. healthcare system
A Doody's Core Title for 2011!
"Eminently readable...Anyone wanting to gain insight into the forces that shaping health policy and the future of health care will appreciate this book."--Critical Care Nurse Magazine
Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable.
Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare.
Everything you need to understand how the healthcare system works - and your role in it:
Clinical vignettes in every chapter illustrate key points Detailed treatment of both U.S. and international issues A complete chapter of review questions NEW Expanded coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians NEW Closer scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry NEW Brand-new chapter on the medical education system
A Doody's Core Title for 2011!
"Eminently readable...Anyone wanting to gain insight into the forces that shaping health policy and the future of health care will appreciate this book."--Critical Care Nurse Magazine
Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable.
Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare.
Everything you need to understand how the healthcare system works - and your role in it:
Clinical vignettes in every chapter illustrate key points Detailed treatment of both U.S. and international issues A complete chapter of review questions NEW Expanded coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians NEW Closer scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry NEW Brand-new chapter on the medical education system
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Series
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
34 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-149606-3 (9780071496063)
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Persons
Author Profile: Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD Clinical Professor Department of Family & Community Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Kevin Grumbach, MD Associate Professor Department of Family & Community Medicine Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, San Francisco Clinical Faculty San Francisco General Hospital
Kevin Grumbach, MD Associate Professor Department of Family & Community Medicine Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, San Francisco Clinical Faculty San Francisco General Hospital
Content
1.Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation
2.Paying for Health Care
3.Access to Health Care
4.Reimbursing Health Care Providers
5.How Health Care is Organized - I
6.How Health Care is Organized - II
7.The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals
8.Painful Versus Painless Cost Control
9.Mechanisms for Controlling Costs
10.Quality of Health Care
11.Prevention of Illness
12.Long-Term Care
13.Medical Ethics and the Rationing of Health Care
14.Health Care in Four Nations
15.National Health Insurance
16.Conflict & Change in America's Health Care System
17.Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges
18.Questions & Discussion Topics
2.Paying for Health Care
3.Access to Health Care
4.Reimbursing Health Care Providers
5.How Health Care is Organized - I
6.How Health Care is Organized - II
7.The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals
8.Painful Versus Painless Cost Control
9.Mechanisms for Controlling Costs
10.Quality of Health Care
11.Prevention of Illness
12.Long-Term Care
13.Medical Ethics and the Rationing of Health Care
14.Health Care in Four Nations
15.National Health Insurance
16.Conflict & Change in America's Health Care System
17.Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges
18.Questions & Discussion Topics