An Introduction to the US Health Care System
Sixth Edition
6th Edition
Published on 25. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-8261-0214-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Dr. Jonas has been a voice in the wilderness preaching sense about both health and health services for years. He clearly identifies the problems and issues facing the system and its beneficiaries, based upon the evidence he has carefully marshaled for the reader...and he challenges the reader to make sense out of the facts, understanding the evidence within a historical and international context, and come up with judgments on needed changes and how to go about making them, starting with the facts which he so generously provides you." --From the Foreword by Anthony R. Kovner, PhD Professor of Health Policy and Management New York University"More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-0214-0 (9780826102140)
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Steven Jonas
An Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
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04/2003
5th Edition
Springer Publishing Company
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Persons
Raymond Goldsteen, DrPH , is Director, MPH Program and Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota. He was founding Director of the Graduate Program in Public Health and Professor of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook. Dr. Goldsteen has an extensive background in health care and was formerly a director of the health policy research centers at the University of Illinois inUrbana-Champaign, University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is co-author of Introduction to Public Health, now in its second edition.
|Karen Goldsteen, PhD, is Research Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, MPH Program, University of North Dakota. She was Professor of Health Technology and Management in the Graduate Program in Public Health at SUNY in Stony Brook, NY. She was a Pew Health Policy Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Goldsteen is co-author of Introduction to Public Health, now in its second edition
|Karen Goldsteen, PhD, is Research Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, MPH Program, University of North Dakota. She was Professor of Health Technology and Management in the Graduate Program in Public Health at SUNY in Stony Brook, NY. She was a Pew Health Policy Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Goldsteen is co-author of Introduction to Public Health, now in its second edition
Content
Foreword to the Sixth Edition
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Health and Health Care
Health Care Systems
U.S. Health Care System
Future of the U.S. Health Care System
References
Health Care Workforce
Overview
Physicians
Nursing
Physicians Assistants
Health Care Workforce Outside the Hospital and Physician Office
Conclusion
References
Hospitals and Other Health Care Institutions
Introduction
SOME NUMBERS
Hospital Structure
Public General Hospitals
The Hospital in the Present Era
Long-Term Care: The Example of Nursing Homes
References
Primary and Ambulatory Care
Primary Care
Ambulatory Care
Conclusions
References
Government and the Health Care System
Introduction
Some History
The Constitutional Basis of Government Authority in Health Care
The Health Care Functions of Government
The Federal Government and the Provision of Health Services
State Governments' Role in Health Services
Local Governments' Role in Health Services
Problems in Public Health
Conclusions
References
Financing and Payment of Health Care
Introduction
How Much is Spent
Where the Money Comes From, Within the System
Where the Money Goes
How the Money is Paid Out: Providers, Payers, and Payments
Conclusions
References
Health Care System Performance
Introduction
Quality of Health Care
Equity of Health Care
Efficiency of Health Care
A National Scorecard
Data and Information Technology
Conclusion
References
From Prepaid Group Medical Practice to Managed Care
Introduction
Medical Group Practice
Health Maintenance Organizations
Managed Care
Integrated Delivery Systems
Managed Care Today
Some Policy Issues in Managed Care
References
Health Care Reform
Introduction
History of Change
National Health Insurance (NHI)
Some Contemporary Approaches to NHI
Looking Ahead
References
Epilogue
Appendix I List of Critical Reports
Appendix II Sources of Data
Appendix III Glossary of Terms
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Health and Health Care
Health Care Systems
U.S. Health Care System
Future of the U.S. Health Care System
References
Health Care Workforce
Overview
Physicians
Nursing
Physicians Assistants
Health Care Workforce Outside the Hospital and Physician Office
Conclusion
References
Hospitals and Other Health Care Institutions
Introduction
SOME NUMBERS
Hospital Structure
Public General Hospitals
The Hospital in the Present Era
Long-Term Care: The Example of Nursing Homes
References
Primary and Ambulatory Care
Primary Care
Ambulatory Care
Conclusions
References
Government and the Health Care System
Introduction
Some History
The Constitutional Basis of Government Authority in Health Care
The Health Care Functions of Government
The Federal Government and the Provision of Health Services
State Governments' Role in Health Services
Local Governments' Role in Health Services
Problems in Public Health
Conclusions
References
Financing and Payment of Health Care
Introduction
How Much is Spent
Where the Money Comes From, Within the System
Where the Money Goes
How the Money is Paid Out: Providers, Payers, and Payments
Conclusions
References
Health Care System Performance
Introduction
Quality of Health Care
Equity of Health Care
Efficiency of Health Care
A National Scorecard
Data and Information Technology
Conclusion
References
From Prepaid Group Medical Practice to Managed Care
Introduction
Medical Group Practice
Health Maintenance Organizations
Managed Care
Integrated Delivery Systems
Managed Care Today
Some Policy Issues in Managed Care
References
Health Care Reform
Introduction
History of Change
National Health Insurance (NHI)
Some Contemporary Approaches to NHI
Looking Ahead
References
Epilogue
Appendix I List of Critical Reports
Appendix II Sources of Data
Appendix III Glossary of Terms