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

• Autore: Barton Phoebe Lindsey
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, Illinois : , : Health Administration Press; Arlington, Virginia : , : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, , [2010]; ©2010
• Edizione: Fourth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxi, 569 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.10973
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States; Medical policy - United States; Medical economics - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding the U.S. health services system
• ISBN: 1-56793-519-2; 1-4416-3892-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792442003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II