Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, Seventh Edition

Synopsis

Introduction: The Paradox Of Excess And Deprivation -- Paying For Health Care -- Access To Health Care -- Paying Health Care Providers -- How Health Care Is Organized-i: Primary, Secondary, And Tertiary Care -- How Health Care Is Organized-ii: Health Delivery Systems -- Health Care Workforce And The Education Of Health Professionals -- Painful Versus Painless Cost Control -- Mechanisms For Controlling Costs -- Quality Of Health Care -- Prevention Of Illness -- Long-term Care -- Medical Ethics And Rationing Of Health Care -- Health Care In Four Nations -- Health Care Reform And National Health Insurance -- Conflict And Change In America's Health Care System -- Conclusion: Tensions And Challenges -- Questions And Discussion Topics. Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach. A Lange Medical Book. Revised Edition Of: Understanding Health Policy : A Clinical Approach / Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach. 6th Ed. ©2012. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.