Health Care USA: Understanding Its Organization and Delivery - Couverture souple

Sultz, Harry A.; Young, Kristina M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0763749745 ISBN 13 : 9780763749743

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Health Care USA, Sixth Edition is an ideal text for introductory courses on the organization and delivery of U.S. health care for students in schools of public health, medicine, nursing, dentistry, health administration, and other health professions. It provides an introduction to the health care system and an overview of the professional, political, social, and economic forces that have shaped it and will continue to do so. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent changes of this growing and dynamic industry. Revisions include: Updated data on the size and cost of the U.S. health care system. New information on Managed Care Organizations, PPOs, and HMOs. New information on the variety of efforts of hospitals to reduce medical errors. Developments from the "Freedom Commission on Mental Health" initiative. A new discussion on the hospital competition with privately owned outpatient facilities. Updated Department of Labor estimates on health care personnel and the factors that influence demand and utilization. New data on the number of un- or under-insured Americans. A new discussion of government and private insurer cost savings initiatives through education and case management. A new discussion of the effect of the influx of Iraq War causalities on VA services. Updates on federal, state, and local public health initiatives in emergency preparedness. and much more!

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

'Harry A. Sultz, DDS, MPH is Professor Emeritus of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Dean Emeritus of its School of Health Related Professions. He has also served as Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Health Systems Management, School of Management and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Sultz has written six previous books, contributed chapters to several other books for professional audiences and published numerous articles for medical and allied health journals. An epidemiologist, health care services planner, and researcher, he established and, for 26 years, directed the Health Services Research Program of Buffalo’s School of Medicine. His extensive research experience serves as background for the various editions of this book and for the courses that he taught about health care and health policy. He also has long service as an expert consultant to several governmental and voluntary agencies and institutions.

'Kristina M. Young, MS is an instructor at the University at Buffalo, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York, where she teaches graduate courses in health care organization and health policy for students in the fields of public health, law and management. Ms. Young also is an instructor at Canisius College of Buffalo where she teaches graduate students in the Department of Health and Human Performance.'Ms. Young is the Executive Director of the Western New York Public Health Alliance, Inc., an organization that administers government and private funds to support public health activities in the western New York region.'She also is President and Owner of Kristina M. Young and Associates, Inc., a management consulting and training firm specializing in health and human services organizations.'Previously, she served as President of a corporate training and development organization; as Executive Vice President of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the joint interests of a major teaching hospital and a health maintenance organization; and as the Vice President for Research and Development for a teaching hospital system and Executive Director of its health, education, and research foundation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0763749745
• ISBN 13: 9780763749743
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 492
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible