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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792442003321

Autore

Barton Phoebe Lindsey

Titolo

Understanding the U.S. health services system / / Phoebe Lindsey Barton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Health Administration Press

Arlington, Virginia : , : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-56793-519-2

1-4416-3892-X

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxi, 569 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Medical care - United States

Medical policy - United States

Medical economics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.