Changing the U.S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
2nd Edition
Published on 28. February 2002
608 pages
978-0-7879-6004-9 (ISBN)
Description
Explore in-depth the possibilities for public health and policyreform. The second edition of Changing the U.S. Health CareSystem is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of themost current thought on three key components of health carepolicy-improving access, controlling costs, and ensuring quality.Written by a stellar panel of experts in the field of health carepolicy, this second edition highlights the most recent researchrelevant to health policy issues. This valuable resource alsoincludes analyses of current health care policy challenges andpresents a wide-range of viable solutions. In addition, the bookcontains an overview of the opportunities in the growing fields ofpublic health and health policy.
Reviews / Votes
"The authoritative book on the U.S. health care system. Anystudent, scholar, executive, or policymaker who wants to understanda particular phenomenon should consult it." --Deborah A.Freund, vice chancellor and provost, professor of publicadministration, Syracuse University "Under one cover can be found the basic data and researchrelevant to virtually all important health policy issues, as wellsophisticated analytic material on current problems and their rangeof possible solutions." --Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., presidentand CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "The first edition was exceptionally successful with our MPH andMHA introductory course on the U.S. delivery system. The secondedition promises to be better yet." --James C. Romeis,professor of health services research, department of community andfamily medicine, Saint Louis University "We all know the problems of our health care system, but we knowfar less about how to solve them. True to its title, Changing theU.S. Health Care System steps into this void, offeringcomprehensive information and policy alternatives for addressingthese complex problems." --David Grembowski, professor,department of health services, University of Washington "As in the earlier edition, this book provides the reader with aremarkably comprehensive assessment of the key contemporary policyand management issues facing America's health care system. Awonderful map to guide readers through the challenges andcomplexities of our health care system." --Howard S. Zukerman,director, Center for Health Management Research professor,department of health services, School of Public Health andCommunity Medicine, University of Washington "This superb book provides a thorough and authoritative overviewof the complex US healthcare system." (Divine Inc (formerly Doody'spublishing), July 2002)More details
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Ronald Andersen | Thomas H. Rice | Gerald F. Kominski
Changing the U.S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
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Persons
RONALD M. ANDERSEN is the Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Professorof Health Services and professor in the department of sociology atthe 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 ofhealth services and associate director, Center for Health PolicyResearch, University of California, Los Angeles, School of PublicHealth.
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 ContextualIndicators (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, etal.).
AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Servicesand Public Health (D. Mosen, et al.).
Health Reform for Children and Families (N. Halfon, etal.).
Mental Health Services and Policy Issues (S. Ettner).
Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage andto 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).
