Consumer health care
By: Brigham Narins, editor
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 685
ISBN-13: 9781573027229; 9781573027236; 9781573027243; 9781573027250
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Delivery of Health Care; Health Insurance; Medical Assistance; United States
Description: "Consumer Health focuses on the U.S. healthcare system and the individual's experience with it. Entries cover topics related to the current state of health insurance, the various kinds (including government programs like Medicare and Medicaid) and methods of its delivery, as well as the history of insurance and the evolution of our current for-profit system. Healthcare legislation and reform is also discussed. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is discussed in detail"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. A-L; title: volume 2. M-Z.