LEADER 05113nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910786265503321 005 20230126210108.0 010 $a0-8261-0888-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335713 035 $a(EBL)1123484 035 $a(OCoLC)828793704 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12430257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10935618 035 $a(PQKB)11639238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1123484 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335713 100 $a20120606d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealth care politics, policy, and services$b[electronic resource] $ea social justice analysis /$fGunnar Almgren 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer Pub. Co.$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8261-0887-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. A Primer on Theories of Social Justice and Defining the Problem of Health Care; Defining the Problem of Social Justice; Alternative Theories of Social Justice; Concluding Comments: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives on "the Right to Health Care"; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Historical Evolvement of the U.S. Health Care System; Historical Evolvement of the Basic Components of the Health Care System: Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses, and Health Insurance 327 $aThe Historical Evolvement of the Federal Government in Health CareConcluding Comments: Prospects for Achieving Health Care Reform; Notes; References; Chapter 3. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health CareFinance; Health Care Expenditures; An Overview of Health Care System Finance-Employment-Based Health Insurance; An Overview of Health Care System Finance-Public Financing of Health Care; Concluding Comments: The Large Presence of Public Dollars in the Financing of Health Care; Notes; References 327 $aChapter 4. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Services and UtilizationThe Mixed Public/Private Structure of the U.S. Health Care System; The Resources of the U.S. System: Facilities, Technology, and Human Resources; The Health Care System Safety Net; Concluding Comments: The Paradoxical Underachievement of the U.S. Health Care System; Notes; References; Chapter 5. Long-Term Care of the Aged and Disabled; The Long-Term Care Services System; The Sustainability of Resources for Long-Term Care: Caregiving Labor and Public/Private Financing 327 $aDirections for Long-Term Financing PolicyConcluding Comments: A Social Justice Perspective on the Financing of Long-Term Care; Notes; References; Chapter 6. Disparities in Health and Health Care; Conceptualizing Disparities in Health and Health Care; Measuring Disparities in Health and Health Care; Social Characteristics Associated With Disparities in Health and Health Care; Disparities in Health and Burden of Disease: General Findings; Concluding Comments: The Deep Roots of Disparities in Health Care; Notes; References 327 $aChapter 7. Social Epidemiology: Unraveling the Social Determinants of Disparities in HealthThe Discipline of Social Epidemiology; The "Fundamental Social Causes" Hypothesis; Income Inequality as a Social Determinant of Health; Theoretical Debates Concerning Income Inequality Effects; Concluding Comments: Social Epidemiology as a Tool of Social Policy; Notes; References; Chapter 8. Prospects for Just Health Care System Reform: A Political and Principled Analysis; The Social and Political Context of Health Care Reform; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) 327 $aConcluding Comments: Toward a Progressive Vision of Universal Health Care 330 $aThis new edition of the AJN Award-winning textbook analyzes the most current health care reforms and their effect on our health system from a social justice perspective. It addresses the reforms of the landmark health care reform bill passed in March, 2010, and provides students of health care policy with a framework within which they can understand and evaluate our health system. The text provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the historical evolution and organization of our health care system that is framed by a forthright social justice critique. In addition to extensive cover 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States 606 $aSocial justice$zUnited States 615 0$aMedical policy$xHistory. 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aSocial justice 676 $a362.10973 700 $aAlmgren$b Gunnar Robert$f1951-$01465443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786265503321 996 $aHealth care politics, policy, and services$93675452 997 $aUNINA