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Essentials of Health Services

by: WILLIAMS, STEPHEN J

Essentials of Health Services

by: WILLIAMS, STEPHEN J

ISBN 13:
9780766818859
ISBN 10:
0766818853
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/08/2000
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
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San Diego State Univ., CA. Concise textbook, for undergraduates in health services administration, on the structure and function of the U.S. healthcare system. Includes study questions at the end of each chapter and new chapters on the pharmaceutical industry and quality of care. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.

PART ONE AN OVERVIEW OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES

(38)

The Big Picture

(11)

Historical Evolution

(2)

National Health Expenditures

(5)

Government's Role in Health Care Spending

(1)

Expenditure Categories

(1)

Challenges for the Future

(3)

The Underlying Basis for Health Services Utilization

(20)

The Biological Basis for Health Services Utilization

(1)

The Need for Health Care Services

(1)

The Demographic Origins of Health Services Utilization

(8)

Fertility and Health Services

(1)

Mortality Patterns and Health Care Services

(1)

Infant Mortality

(5)

Causes of Death

(7)

Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles

(3)

The Ultimate Responsibility: Healthy Lifestyles

(2)

Access to Health Care Services

(6)

Factors Associated With Access to Health Care

(1)

Different Types of Access to Health Care

(1)

Measures of Access to Health Care

(1)

Access Trends Over Time

(21)

Access Issues for the Future

PART TWO THE RESOURCES FOR PROVIDING CARE

(90)

Ambulatory Health Services: Backbone of the System

(22)

Historical Perspective and Types of Care

(3)

Levels of Ambulatory Care Services

(2)

Settings for the Provision of Ambulatory Care

(3)

Use of Ambulatory Care Services

(2)

Use of Office Setting Services

(1)

Ambulatory Practice Settings

(8)

Solo Practice

(1)

Group Practice

(3)

New Forms of Group Practice

(1)

An Assessment of Group Practice

(2)

Institutionally Based Ambulatory Services

(2)

Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Clinics

(1)

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

(1)

Emergency Medical Services

(1)

Government Programs

(1)

Noninstitutional Health Services

(1)

Organization of Ambulatory Care Systems

(1)

Ambulatory Care and the Challenge of Managed Care

(2)

Public Health Services

(9)

Public Health Services

(3)

Government's Responsibility

(2)

Public Health and Prevention

(1)

The Role of the Federal Government in Public Health Services

(1)

Preventive Services and Health Care Providers

(1)

The Ultimate Public Health System

(2)

Hospitals and Health Systems

(13)

History of the American Hospital

(1)

Characteristics of American Hospitals

(5)

Hospital Ownership

(3)

Hospital Organization and Management

(1)

Issues of Concern to the Future of the American Hospital

(2)

The Role of Technology

(1)

Rural Hospitals

(1)

Hospital Evolution into Health Systems

(1)

For-Profit Hospitals and Health Systems

(1)

The Future of the American Hospital

(2)

Mental and Behavioral Health Services

(10)

Historical Precedents in Mental Health

(1)

Early Mental Health Services

(1)

Mental Health Provider Organizations

(1)

Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health Services

(1)

Mental Health Personnel

(1)

Legal Issues

(1)

Paying for Mental Health Services

(2)

Managed Care for Mental Health Services

(1)

The Future of Mental and Behavioral Health Services

(2)

Long-Term Care Services

(12)

The Spectrum of Long-Term Care Services

(1)

The Services of Long-Term Care

(2)

The Hospital's Role in Long-Term Care

(1)

The Nursing Home

(1)

Home Health Care Services

(1)

Hospice Care

100

(1)

Coordinating the System

101

(2)

Policy and Financing Trends

101

(2)

Issues Facing Long-Term Care

103

(3)

The People Who Provide Health Care Services

106

(15)

The American Physician

107

(7)

Specialization in Medicine

108

(2)

The Supply of Physicians

110

(2)

Characteristics of Medical Students

112

(2)

Geographic Distribution of Practitioners

114

(1)

The Nursing Profession

115

(1)

The Dentist

116

(1)

Other Health Care Personnel and Issues

117

(1)

The Future of Health Care Personnel

117

(4)

The Pharmaceutical Industry

121

(8)

The Pharmaceutical Industry

122

(2)

Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry

124

(1)

Issues Facing the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Future

125

(4)

PART THREE PAYING FOR, MANAGING, CONTROLLING, AND EVALUATING THE SYSTEM

129

(56)

Paying for Health Care

130

(15)

Paying Individual Providers

131

(2)

Fee-for-Service Reimbursement

131

(1)

Capitation

132

(1)

Salaried Reimbursement

133

(1)

Institutional Reimbursement

133

(2)

Hospital Prospective Payment

134

(1)

Government Entitlement Programs

135

(2)

The Federal Medicare Program

135

(1)

Medicaid

136

(1)

Commercial Insurance

137

(1)

Consolidation in the Industry

138

(1)

The Principles of Health Insurance

138

(5)

Mechanisms of Insurance

139

(1)

Service Versus Indemnity Insurance

140

(2)

More Health Care Terms

142

(1)

The Future of Health Insurance

143

(2)

Managed Care and the Reorganization of Health Services

145

(16)

Origins of Managed Care

146

(2)

The Rationale for Managed Care

146

(1)

Historical Development of Managed Care

147

(1)

Beginnings in the United States

147

(1)

Health Maintenance Organizations

148

(2)

Independent Practice Associations

149

(1)

Historical Economic Performance

149

(1)

Further Development of Managed Care

150

(2)

Newer Forms of Managed Care

151

(1)

Principles of Managed Care

152

(2)

Primary Care Gatekeepers

152

(1)

Other Controls Over Utilization of Services

153

(1)

Provider Networks

153

(1)

Management of the Consumer

154

(2)

Financial Incentives

154

(1)

Nonfinancial Incentives

154

(1)

Case Management

155

(1)

Administration of Managed Care Programs

155

(1)

Financial Arrangements Under Managed Care

156

(1)

Provider Reimbursement Issues

156

(1)

Managed Care and Delivery Organizations

157

(2)

Provider Arrangements and Affiliations

158

(1)

Consumer Perspectives on Managed Care

159

(2)

Advantages for the Consumer

159

(2)

Regulating and Planning for the System

161

(8)

Planning Health Care Services

162

(1)

Regionalization

162

(1)

Health Planning in America

163

(4)

Other Forms of Intervention

165

(2)

The Future of Controls

167

(2)

Quality of Care

169

(8)

Quality Assessment and Assurance

170

(2)

Quality Assessment

170

(1)

Quality Assurance

171

(1)

Measuring the Quality of Care

172

(5)

Other Indicators of Quality of Care

173

(4)

National Health Policy

177

(8)

The Politics of Health Care

179

(1)

Our Long History of Commitment

180

(1)

The Future of Health Care Reform

180

(2)

Current Issues in Health Politics

182

(3)

Index

185

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