Health Care USA : Understanding Its Organization and Delivery,9780763725716

Health Care USA : Understanding Its Organization and Delivery

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780763725716
ISBN10: 0763725714
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett
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Summary

The new edition of this classic text continues to provide students with a current and complete overview of the changing roles and component parts of the US health care system. This revision highlights

Author Biography

Harry A. Sultz, DDS, MPH: Professor Emeritus Social and Preventive Medicine School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Dean Emeritus School of Health Related Professions State University of New York at Buffalo Kristina M. Young, MS: Clinical Assistant Professor Social and Preventive Medicine School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences State University of New York at Buffalo

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Overview of Health Care: A Population Perspective
1(32)
Benchmark Developments in U.S. Health Care
33(30)
Hospitals: Origin, Organization, and Performance
63(52)
Ambulatory Care
115(28)
Medical Education and the Changing Practice of Medicine
143(36)
Health Care Personnel
179(42)
Financing Health Care
221(50)
Managed Care
271(26)
Long-Term Care
297(38)
Mental Health Services
335(32)
Public Health and the Role of Government in Health Care
367(28)
Research: How Health Care Advances
395(24)
The Future of Health Care
419(40)
Appendix A Abbreviations and Acronyms 459(10)
Appendix B Websites 469(2)
Index 471

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