Understanding the U.S. health services system
By: Phoebe Lindsey Barton.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Health Administration Press; Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9781567933383
Subjects: Medical care -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Medical economics -- United States; Health Services -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- United States; Economics, Medical -- United States; Health Policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the U.S. health services system; title: An overview of the U.S. health services system and its users; title: Access to health services; title: Organization of the U.S. health services system; title: Management of the U.S. health services system; title: Health insurance : the major financing mechanism for the U.S. health services system; title: Financing the U.S. health services system; title: The health services workforce; title: Hospitals; title: Biomedical research, health services technology, and technology assessment; title: Overview of the U.S. health services delivery system; title: Health promotion and disease prevention; title: Primary care; title: Secondary care; title: Long-term care; title: Tertiary care; title: Palliative care; title: The care of special populations and special disorders; title: The health services delivery system : managed care; title: Issues in quality of care.