A Roadmap of the U.S. Health System This comprehensive review provides new insights into the nation's health care system, and covers the full spectrum of health care services. It identifies up-to-the-minute trAnds and analyzes options for future policymaking in the wake of diminishing public confidence in past health reform initiatives.
The authors--all recognized as top researchers in the field--draw on their own investigations to address timely topics such as AIDS, women's health, long-term care, and prevention. In addition, they examine important issues including ethics, cost, quality, and access, and tackle controversial subjects such as malpractice, and regulated versus competitive systems.
About the Author :
RONALD M. ANDERSEN is Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health at U.C.L.A. THOMAS H. RICE is professor of health services at U.C.L.A. GERALD F. KOMINSKI is assistant professor of health services at U.C.L.A.
Review :
"Under one cover...the basic data and research relevant to virtually all important health policy issues, as well as sophisticated analytic material on current problems and their range of possible solutions. It is an important source for students, practitioners, and seasoned policy analysts." --Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., president, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "The authors provide a thoughtful evaluation of the fundamental issues in health care. Policy makers at all levels of government should carefully weigh the insights presented in this volume concerning the ongoing importance of pursuing both universal health care coverage and cost containment." --Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator, Minnesota
"The editors have compiled an encyclopedic assessment of critical issues--notably access, cost, and quality--facing the U.S. health care system. " --Howard S. Zuckerman, professor, School of Health Administration and Policy, Arizona State College of Business
"Bravo! . . . This book is so readable that any student of the health care system, or anyone providing services within it, will be able to learn easily from many of the best minds in the world." --Deborah A. Freund, director, The Bowen Research Center, Indiana University
"Provides an extensive, often provocative roadmap of what was, what is, what may occur, and what we don't know about our health system." --Arthur M. Southam, M.D., CareAmerica
