Essentials of health policy and law
By: Joel B. Teitelbaum, Sara E. Wilensky.
Contributors: Wilensky, Sara E.
Series: Essential public health
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780763734428
Subjects: Medical policy -- United States -- Textbooks; Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Textbooks; Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Genres: Textbooks.
Description: Provides students of public health with a firm foundation of the basics of American health policy and law. Given the prominent role played by policy and law in the health of all Americans, the aim of this book is to help readers understand the broad context of health policy and law, the essential policy and legal issues impacting and flowing out of the health care and public health systems, and the way health policies and laws are formulated. Think of this textbook as an extended manual introductory, concise, and straightforward to the seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, and thus as a jumping off point for discussion, reflection, research, and analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : understanding the role of and conceptualizing health policy and law; title: Policy and the policymaking process; title: Law and the legal system; title: Understanding health insurance; title: Health economics in a health policy context; title: Government health insurance programs: Medicaid, SCHIP, and Medicare; title: The uninsured and health reform; title: Individual rights in health care and public health; title: Health care quality policy and law; title: The art of structuring and writing a health policy analysis.