Changing the U.S. health care system : key issues in health services, policy, and management / [edited by] Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski ; foreword by Abdelmonem A. Afifi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersen, Ronald.

Rice, Thomas H.

Kominski, Gerald F.

Series:

Jossey-Bass health series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

United States.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

xliii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Changing the US health care system

Changing the United States health care system

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]

Summary:

Explore in-depth the possibilities for public health and policy reform. The second edition of "Changing the U.S. Health Care System" is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of the most current thought on three key components of health care policy-improving access, controlling costs, and ensuring quality. Written by a stellar panel of experts in the field of health care policy, this second edition highlights the most recent research relevant to health policy issues. This valuable resource also includes analyses of current health care policy challenges and presents a wide-range of viable solutions. In addition, the book contains an overview of the opportunities in the growing fields of public health and health policy.

Contents:

Part 1 Access to Health Care 1

1 Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators / Ronald M. Andersen, Pamela L. Davidson 3

2 Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage / E. Richard Brown 31

Part 2 Costs of Health Care 59

3 Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends / Thomas H. Rice 61

4 Containing Health Care Costs / Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski 82

5 Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures / Stuart O. Schweitzer, William S. Comanor 100

Part 3 Quality of Health Care 125

6 Measuring Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life / Patricia A. Ganz, Mark S. Litwin 127

7 Evaluating the Quality of Care / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Robert H. Brook 150

8 Public Release of Information on Quality / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, John L. Adams 183

Part 4 Special Populations 203

9 Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population / Steven P. Wallace, Emily K. Abel, Pamela Stefanowicz, Nadereh Pourat 205

10 AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health / David M. Mosen, Denise R. Globe, William E. Cunningham 224

11 Health Reform for Children and Families / Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, David L. Wood, Mark A. Schuster 261

12 Mental Health Services and Policy Issues / Susan L. Ettner 291

13 Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women / Roberta Wyn, Beatriz M. Solis 320

14 Homeless Persons / Lillian Gelberg, Lisa Arangua 332

Part 5 Directions for Change 387

15 Managed Care and the Growth of Competition / Gerald F. Kominski, Glenn Melnick 389

16 Medicare Reform / Jeanne T. Black, Gerald F. Kominski 406

17 The Role of Prevention / Charles Lewis 436

18 Public Health and Personal Health Services / Lester Breslow, Jonathan E. Fielding 457

19 The Continuing Issue of Medical Malpractice Liability / Ruth Roemer 470

20 Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services / Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, Ruth Roemer 503.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0787954047

OCLC:

45162172