Population health and the future of healthcare / / Richard K. Thomas

• Autore: Thomas Richard K.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 pages)
• Disciplina: 301.32
• Soggetto topico: Population
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Defining Population Health -- Introduction -- Defining Population Health -- Micro and Macro Dimensions of Population Health -- Attributes of Population Health -- What Population Health is Not -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 2: The Road to Population Health: A Changing Society -- Introduction -- Changing Population Characteristics -- The Changing Age Structure -- The Changing Sex Ratio -- Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity -- Changing Household and Family Structure -- Changing Lifestyles -- Changing Patient Characteristics -- Changing Disease Etiology -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 3: The Road to Population Health: A Changing Healthcare System -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Modern Medicine -- Emerging Deficiencies -- Late-Century Paradigm Shift -- The Impact of Medical Science on Population Health -- Deficiencies in the "Healthcare" Model -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 4: The Roots of Population Health -- Introduction -- The Contribution of Public Health -- History of Public Health -- The Organization of Public Health -- The Functions of Public Health -- The Current State of Public Health -- The Current Focus of Public Health -- Public Health Professional Organizations -- The Defunding of Public Health and Its Consequences -- Public Health Does Not Equate to Population Health -- Why Public Health Cannot Champion Population Health -- The Contribution of Demography -- The Contribution of Social Epidemiology -- The Contribution of Medical Sociology -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 5: Health Status and How to Measure It -- Introduction -- Conceptual Issues -- Defining "Health" -- Defining Health Status -- Health Status Indicators. ; Global Measures -- Outcome Measures: Morbidity -- Outcome Measures: Mortality/Life Expectancy -- Other Outcome Measures -- Healthy/Unhealthy Behavior -- Environmental Factors -- Social/Economic Factors -- Cultural/Subcultural Influences -- Life Circumstances Indicators -- Access/Utilization Measures -- Health Status Rankings -- A New Approach to Health Status -- The Importance of Non-Health-Related Data -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 6: The Social Determinants of Health and Illness -- Introduction -- Intermediate Causes -- The Influence of Stress on Health Status -- Root Causes -- Economic Instability -- Neighborhood and Physical Environment -- Housing Access and Quality -- Transportation -- Education -- Food Insecurity -- Community and Social Context -- Residential Segregation -- Criminal Justice -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 7: Paying the Piper: Health Disparities -- Introduction -- The Stratification of Health Conditions -- Health Metrics Associated with Disparities -- The Causes of Health Disparities -- Poverty and Health Disparities -- Environmental Conditions and Health Disparities -- Education and Health Disparities -- Food Insecurity and Health Disparities -- Residential Segregation and Health Disparities -- Community and Social Context and Health Disparities -- Crime and Criminal Justice and Health Disparities -- Groups that Exhibit Disparities -- Trends in Health Disparities -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 8: Population Health and Healthcare Delivery -- Introduction -- Population Health Principles and Healthcare Delivery -- Attributes of Population Health Management -- Barriers to Population Health Management -- The Role of Healthcare in Population Health Improvement. ; The Role of the Healthcare System in Population Health -- A New Mindset -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 9: Population Health and Public Policy -- Defining Public Policy -- Spheres for Policy Development -- Macro-level Policies -- Public Policies -- Organizational Policies -- Professional Policies -- Health in all Policies -- Social Domains and Public Policy -- Education -- Housing and Community Development -- Transportation -- Economic Development -- Food Access and Security -- Criminal Justice -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 10: Traditional Approaches to Community Health Data -- Introduction -- Traditional Categories of Data for Health Needs Assessment -- Demographic Data -- Epidemiological Data -- Morbidity Measures -- Mortality Measures -- Health Behavior -- Healthcare Resources -- Facilities -- Programs and Services -- Personnel -- Health Insurance -- Networks and Relationships -- Health Services Utilization -- Non-Traditional Health Data Metrics -- Obesity -- Mental Illness -- Disability Data -- Dental Health Data -- Sources of Data for Health Needs Assessment -- Sources of Demographic Data -- Sources of Epidemiological Data -- Sources of Healthcare Resources Data -- Sources of Health Behavior Data -- Sources of Health Services Utilization Data -- Issues with Traditional Health Data -- Issues with Epidemiological Data -- Issues with Health Behavior Data -- Issues with Health Services Utilization Data -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 11: Data Needs for the Population Health Model -- Introduction -- Nature of Relevant Data -- Perspective -- Individual vs. Community -- Level of Data Collection -- Qualitative vs. Quantitative -- Data Categories for Population Health Assessments -- Economic Instability. ; Neighborhood and Physical Environment -- Housing Access and Quality -- Transportation -- Education -- Food Insecurity -- Community and Social Context -- Residential Segregation -- Crime and Criminal Justice -- Sources of Data for Population Health Assessments -- Sources of Data on Economic Instability -- Sources of Data on the Neighborhood and Physical Environment -- Sources of Data on Housing Access and Quality -- Sources of Data on Transportation -- Sources of Education Data -- Sources of Data on Food Insecurity -- Sources of Data on Community and Social Context -- Sources of Data on Residential Segregation -- Sources of Data on Crime and Criminal Justice -- Population Health Data Challenges -- Transitioning from CHNA to PHA -- The Changing Context for Community Assessments -- Similarities Between CHNAs and PHAs -- Differences Between CHNAs and PHAs -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 12: The Role of the Community in Population Health Improvement -- Introduction -- Why Not Community? -- Why the Community? -- Community Preparation -- Steps in Community Involvement -- Community Health Business Model -- Policy-Setting and Population Health -- Barriers to Community Leadership -- Summary -- Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources.
• Titolo autorizzato: Population Health and the Future of Healthcare
• ISBN: 9783030838874; 9783030838867
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910544873903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II