Sultz & Young's health care USA : understanding its organization and delivery / / Kristina M. Young, Philip J. Kroth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163905403321
• Autore: Young Kristina M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, Massachusetts : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , 2018; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-284-11470-8
• Edizione: [Ninth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1,131 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.10973
• Soggetti: Medical care - United States; Medical policy - United States; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Overview of health care : a population perspective -- Benchmark developments in U.S. health care -- Health information technology -- Hospitals : origin, organization, and performance -- Ambulatory care -- Medical education and the changing practice of medicine -- The health care workforce -- Financing health care -- Long-term care -- Behavioral health services -- Public health and the role of government in health care -- Research : how health care advances -- Future of health care.
• Sommario/riassunto: Health Care USA, Ninth Edition offers students of health administration, public health, medicine, and related fields a wide-ranging overview of America's health care system. Combining historical perspective with analysis of current trends, including the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), this thoroughly updated edition charts the evolution of modern American health care, providing a complete examination of its organization and delivery while offering critical insight into the issues that the U.S. health system faces today. Balanced in perspective and comprehensive in its coverage, Health Care USA, Ninth Edition, provides students with a clearly organized, straightforward illustration of the complex structures, relationships and ; processes of this rapidly growing industry.