An introduction to the U.S. health care system / Steven Jonas, Raymond Goldsteen, Karen Goldsteen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonas, Steven.

Contributor:

Goldsteen, Raymond L.

Goldsteen, Karen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

Social medicine--United States.

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This bestselling text is a concise and balanced classic presenting the domestic health care system. It explains the five major components of the U.S. health care system: 1. health care institutions (hospitals and nursing homes)2. health care personnel (physicians, nurses, and others)3. financing mechanisms4. research and educational institutions that produce biomedical knowledge and health personnel5. firms producing ""health commodities"" (such as pharmaceutical drugs and hospital equipment).

Contents:

Cover; TOC Contents; Foreword to the Sixth Edition; Preface to the Sixth Edition; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Health Care Workforce; Chapter 3 Hospitals and Other Health Care Institutions; Chapter 4 Primary and Ambulatory Care; Chapter 5 Government and the Health Care System; Chapter 6 Financing; Chapter 7 Health Care System Performance; Chapter 8 From Prepaid Group Medical Practice to Managed Care; Chapter 9 Health Care Reform; Epilogue; Appendix I List of Critical Reports on the U.S. Health Care Delivery System, 1927-2006; Appendix II Sources of Data

Appendix III Glossary of TermsIDX Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86690-X

9786610866908

0-8261-0315-4

OCLC:

476087573