Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the U.S. health services system
  • An overview of the U.S. health services system and its users
  • Access to health services
  • Organization of the U.S. health services system
  • Management of the U.S. health services system
  • Health insurance : the major financing mechanism for the U.S. health services system
  • Financing the U.S. health services system
  • The health services workforce
  • Hospitals
  • Biomedical research, health services technology, and technology assessment
  • Overview of the U.S. health services delivery system
  • Health promotion and disease prevention
  • Primary care
  • Secondary care
  • Long-term care
  • Tertiary care
  • Palliative care
  • The care of special populations and special disorders
  • The health services delivery system : how managed care has influenced delivery
  • Issues in quality of care
  • Epilogue.