Understanding health policy
Subtitle: a clinical approach
By: Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach.
Contributors: Grumbach, Kevin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Appleton & Lange
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norwalk, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Medical policy -- United States.; Medical care, Cost of -- United States.; Public health -- United States.; Health Policy -- United States.; Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration -- United States.; Health Care Costs -- United States.; Health Care Rationing -- United States.; National Health Insurance, United States.
Description: This important new text provides a clear, even-handed guide to a complicated and often confusing subject - the US health care system. Fundamental topics such as cost containment, health insurance, primary care, and physician and hospital payment are discussed, and problems in the current system and alternative ways of managing them are highlighted. The authors bring to life important policy issues by providing extensive case histories that pinpoint individual encounters within the health care system.
Notes: "A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.