The health care system
By: Barbara Wexler
Series: Information Plus reference series; Information Plus reference series
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781573026444
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Medical care; Medical personnel; Health facilities; Quality control; Cost of Medical care; Health insurance; Medically uninsured persons; Social medicine; World health; Health services administration; Medical innovations; Public opinion
Description: Examines the state of the nation's health care system, the education and training of health care providers, and the various types of health care institutions. The ever increasing cost of health care, prevalence of insurance, mental health care, and a comparison of health care throughout the world are also covered.
Notes: "ISSN 1543-2556."

"Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. The U.S. health care system; title: chapter 2. Health care practitioners; title: chapter 3. Health care institutions; title: chapter 4. Researching, measuring, and monitoring the quality of health care; title: chapter 5. The increasing cost of health care; title: chapter 6. Insurance : those with and those without; title: chapter 7. International comparisons of health care; title: chapter 8. Change, challenges, and innovation in health care delivery; title: chapter 9. Public opinion about the health care system.