The U.S. Health System: Origins and Functions
ISBN: 9780766807143 | 0766807142
Edition: 5thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 6/5/2001
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Students and consumers alike will be interested in this unique perspective on the U.S. health care system. It offers not only an historical perspective detailing the origins of our health care system, but also discusses the forces that changed and shaped our system into what it is today. Underlying the comprehensive information on health care costs, finance, access, delivery and reform, is the ethical question of whether health care is a right or a privilege. You'll find real-world stories of health care organizations that must deal with delive... MORE
| Introduction | |
| PART I: THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY | |
| Health Care Costs | |
| Paying for Health Care Services | |
| Medical Education | |
| PART II: THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY | |
| Professions in Health Care | |
| Ambulatory Care | ... MORE|
| Hospitals | |
| Long-Term Care | |
| Mental Health | |
| PART III: THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT | |
| Managing Care by Managing Information |
