LEADER 03516nam 2200481 450 001 9910830879603321 005 20231008015314.0 010 $a1-119-81223-2 035 $a(CKB)5840000000022934 035 $a(NjHacI)995840000000022934 035 $a(BIP)080461941 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000022934 100 $a20231008d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHealth care in the United States $eorganization, management, and policy /$fHoward Peter Greenwald 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aHoboken, NJ :$cJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) 311 $a1-119-81221-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrontmatter -- The System and Its Tasks. Understanding Health Care -- The U.S. Health Care System -- Major Health Problems in Modern Society -- Human Behavior, Health, and Health Care -- Means of Delivery. Health Care Organizations -- The Health Care Labor Force -- Health Care Expenditures, Financing, and Insurance -- Biomedical Research and Program Evaluation -- Paths Forward. Innovations and Outcomes -- Disease Prevention and Health Promotion -- Government, Policy, and Politics in Health Care -- Looking into the Future -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Index. 330 $a"The chapters to follow have been written as a textbook in health care management and policy. The book may serve as an introduction to problems and issues in U.S. health care for people entering related professional fields. It is also intended for use by people already experienced in a specialized area of management, policy, or patient care for attaining perspective on the system as a whole. Every day, millions of Americans encounter challenges in locating and paying for services and obtaining care of the highest quality for themselves or their loved ones. Many are led to wonder how health care operates "behind the scenes," why an essential service should involve such difficulties, and what steps might be taken towards the system's improvement. This book is intended primarily for students. But it is also a factual resource for citizens, clinicians, and officials seeking to better understand and improve health care in the United States. For no reader will the material presented here be entirely new. Without exception, everyone reading these pages will have experienced health care as a consumer. It is hoped that this book will help readers of any background see their experience as part of a large, complex, and ever-changing system. An improved view of where the reader's experience fits within this firmament will enable her or him to better render direct service, manage human and material resources, influence policy, and utilize health care for his or her own needs"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aHealth Care in the United States 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States 606 $aMedical economics$zUnited States 606 $aMedical care$zUnited States 610 $aPublic Health 610 $aMedical 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aMedical economics 615 0$aMedical care 676 $a362.10973 700 $aGreenwald$b Howard P.$01106506 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830879603321 996 $aHealth care in the United States$94031592 997 $aUNINA