Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America - Couverture souple

Barr MD PhD, Donald A.

 
9780801885754: Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801885752 ISBN 13 : 9780801885754
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Home to the world's most advanced medical practices, the United States spends more on health care than any other country. At the same time, treatment is harder to get in the United States than in most other industrialized nations. Benchmark statistics such as infant mortality and life expectancy reveal a society that is not nearly as healthy as it could be. This comprehensive analysis introduces the various organizations and institutions that make the U.S. health care system work-or fail to work, as the case may be. It identifies historical, social, political, and economic forces that shape this system and create policy dilemmas that are all too familiar. Donald A. Barr examines the structure of American health care and insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. He addresses the shift to for-profit managed care and how it may affect the delivery of care; the pharmaceutical industry and the impact of pharmaceutical policy; issues of long-term care; and the plight of the uninsured. The new edition also covers recent developments in areas such as prescription drugs, medical errors, and nursing shortages.

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À propos de l?auteur

Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, is professor emeritus at Stanford University in the Department of Pediatrics. He is the author of Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health; Introduction to Biosocial Medicine: The Social, Psychological, and Biological Determinants of Human Behavior and Well-Being; and Crossing the American Health Care Chasm: Finding the Path to Bipartisan Collaboration in National Health Care Policy.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801885752
ISBN 13 
9780801885754
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780801885747: Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0801885744 ISBN 13 :  9780801885747
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
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