Health care politics and policy in America
By: Kant Patel and Mark Rushefsky.
Contributors: Rushefsky, Mark E., 1945-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Medical policy -- United States.; Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States.; Health Policy -- United States.; Politics -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health care politics; title: Health care policy in the united states; title: Medicaid: health care for the poor; title: Medicare: health care for the elderly and disabled; title: Health care and the disadvantaged: falling through the cracks; title: Health care cost containment; title: Medical malpractice and medical liability; title: Health care technology; title: Reforming the system; title: The triumph of incrementalism: from managed care to consumer-driven; title: Conclusion: health care policy at the dawn of the twenty-first century.