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Healthcare in the United States : clinical, financial, and operational dimensions / Stephen L. Walston, Kenneth L. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walston, Stephen Lee, author.
- Johnson, Kenneth L., 1957- author.
- Series:
- Gateway to healthcare management
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- United States.
- Health services administration--United States.
- Health services administration.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Services Administration.
- Health Care Sector--economics.
- Health Care Sector--organization & administration.
- Health Policy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Services Administration.
- Health Care Sector--economics.
- Health Care Sector--organization & administration.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 432 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Healthcare in the United States: Clinical, Financial, and Operational Dimensions offers an introductory overview of the American healthcare system by exploring its many organizations, populations, professions, structures, financing, and delivery models, as well as their impact. Authors Stephen L. Walston and Kenneth L. Johnson delve into the many conflicting issues related to cost, access, and quality. The book's 14 chapters cover the following and more: A comprehensive review of the health professions and types of healthcare organizations; An exploration of how medical providers are paid; Major challenges currently facing physicians, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry; An examination of the long-term and mental healthcare sectors and the increasing demands for their services; The significant role of the government in healthcare, including the influence of politics; The basics of population health, including an in-depth look at how changing social, demographic, and economic conditions in the United States affect healthcare; The connections between health behaviors, health insurance, and health outcomes; Information technology's role in healthcare; A comparison of US healthcare to that in other countries, with a focus on the four basic models on which most healthcare systems are created to enhance and assess students' learning, each of the book's chapters features case studies, thought-provoking questions and assignments, sidebars, and key terms accompanied by definitions. As they read, future healthcare administrators and clinicians will obtain a grounding in the multifaceted US healthcare system, thus enabling them to better address its multiple priorities, controversies, and opportunities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. D. Sergeant Pepper Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version Walston, Stephen Lee Healthcare in the United States
- ISBN:
- 9781640551480
- 1640551484
- 9781640551497
- 1640551492
- 9781640551466
- 1640551468
- Publisher Number:
- 99989317671
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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