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Changing the U.S. health care system : key issues in health services policy and management /

The Fourth Edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System addresses the key topics in health care policy and management, presenting evidence-based views of current issues. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field who integrates evidence to explain the current condition and presents support...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kominski, Gerald F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2014.
Edición:4th ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Changing the U.S. health care system: the patient protection and affordable care act
  • Improving access to care in America
  • Ethnic disparities in health status
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in health care
  • Multilevel social determinants of health
  • Public policies to extend health care coverage
  • Private health insurance
  • Measuring health care costs and trends
  • Containing health care costs
  • Promoting pharmaceutical access while controlling prices and expenditures
  • Measuring health-related quality of life and other outcomes
  • Evaluating the quality of care
  • Public release of information on quality
  • Health care information systems
  • Performance measurement of nursing care
  • Long-term services and supports for the elderly population
  • Hiv and aids in the twenty-first century
  • Health reform for children and families
  • Homeless persons
  • Changing the US health care delivery system
  • Medicare reform
  • Public health and clinical care
  • Strengthening the safety net
  • Ethical issues in public health and health services.