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The health care system / Barbara Wexler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Kim Masters, Author.
- Series:
- Information Plus reference series
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- Medical personnel--United States.
- Medical personnel.
- Health facilities--United States.
- Health facilities.
- Medical care--Quality control.
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Health insurance--United States.
- Health insurance.
- Medically uninsured persons--United States.
- Medically uninsured persons.
- Social medicine.
- World health.
- Health services administration.
- Medical innovations.
- Medical care--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 166 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 2009 edition.
- Other Title:
- Information Plus
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the state of the nation's health care system, the education and training of health care providers, and the various types of health care institutions. The ever increasing cost of health care, prevalence of insurance, mental health care, and a comparison of health care throughout the world are also covered.
- Contents:
- The U.S. health care system
- Health care practitioners
- Health care institutions
- Researching, measuring, and monitoring the quality of health care
- The increasing cost of health care
- Insurance-those with and those without
- International comparisons of health care
- Change, challenges, and innovation in health care delivery
- Public opinion about the health care system.
- Notes:
- "ISSN 1543-2556."
- "Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781414457635
- 1414457634
- OCLC:
- 319034034
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