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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

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780071496063
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Medical
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Series Title: LANGE Clinical Medicine
  • Weight: 411 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0071496068
  • Publisher Date: 16 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 188 mm


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