Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 10th Edition

""[A]n excellent introductory text for the study of this subject Medical students, residents, and graduate students in public health, allied health sciences, or social services will find it a thorough yet engaging grounding in the field. Professionals already practicing in health care delivery, health services research, or health policy will find this a handy and up-to-date reference with encyclopedic breadth....Both groups will find ample resources for continuing education and will likely return to this text for quick reference for years to come.""

S. Ryan Greysen, MD, JAMA
(From a review of the previous edition)

This 10th edition of a classic textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding our health care system. Leading thinkers, educators, and practitioners provide an in-depth and objective appraisal of why and how we organize health care the way we do; the enormous impact of health-related behaviors on the structure, function, and cost of the health care delivery system; and other emerging and recurrent issues in health policy, health care management, and public health.

• Includes major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010
• Rigorously objective, with policy analysis clearly separated from discussion of the health care system
• Each chapter includes these special features: key concepts; extensive mapping resources; key words; learning objectives; discussion questions; and case studies
• Covers the newest models of care such as Accountable Care Organizations and Integrated Delivery Systems
• Examines new ways of conceptualizing and assessing health care, including comparative effectiveness research
• Features contributions by leading scholars and key figures within the U.S. health care system, including John Billings, JD; Carolyn M. Clancy, MD; C. Tracy Orleans, PhD; Michael S. Sparer, PhD, JD; and Chelsea Clinton, M Phil, MPH
• Contains new coverage of health reform, developing countries, population health, public health and catastrophic events, and a broadened discussion of the health care workforce
• Evaluates the constraints and opportunities leaders face in trying to standardize quality outcomes, contain increases in health care costs, and improve access to health care

This text is divided into five sections, in order to provide some coherence to this broad terrain. Part I, The Current U.S. Health Care System, addresses major characteristics and issues, including reform, financing, and comparative health care systems. This section now includes multiple new charts and tables providing concrete health care data. Part II, Population Health, focuses on health behavior, including health care models, public health policy and practice, risk factors, facilitating healthy lifestyle practices, and access to care. Part III, Medical Care Delivery, addresses integrated health models, delivering high-quality health care, cost . and value, and comparative effectiveness. Part IV, Support for Medical Care Delivery, concerns governance and management issues, including accountability, the health workforce, and information technology. Part V, The Future of Health Care Delivery in the United States, includes a new 5-year trend forecast.

Note: An updated instructor's guide and PowerPoint slides are available to all qualified instructors.

Anthony R. Kovner, PhD, is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. He is trained in organizational behavior, health services management, and social and economic development. Dr. Kovner is an experienced health care manager, having served as CEO of a community hospital, senior health care consultant for a large union, and manager of a group practice, a nursing home, and a large neighborhood health center. He is a board member of the Lutheran Health Care and of Health Plus, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dr. Kovner has carried out several funded research projects, most recently on Factors Associated with Use of Management Research in hospitals and health systems. He is author or editor of 9 books, 43 journal articles, and 24 case studies. Dr. Kovner has directed several national demonstration programs funded by major foundations. He was the fourth recipient, in 1999, of the Gary L. Filerman prize for Educational Leadership, from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.

James R. Knickman, PhD, is the first President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York State Health Foundation, a private philanthropy established with resources from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield's conversion from a non-profit to a for-profit corporation. Prior to joining NYSHealth, Dr. Knickman was Vice President of Research and Evaluation at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in Princeton, New Jersey. He serves on a wide range of advisory boards, including as chairman of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and is a past board member of AcademyHealth in Washington, D.C. He has published extensively and currently is an editorial board member for The Milbank Quarterly and Inquiry.

Victoria Weisfeld,, MPH, is a principal in NEW Associates, LLC, a strategic planning and communications consulting firm, whose national clients include think tanks, research organizations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm does strategic communications planning, as well as writing and editing for print and web, specializing in public policy and health care. An end-of-life communications program she developed, Last Acts, won a Silver Anvil, the Public Relations Society of America's highest award. She also has developed and managed award-winning communications programs in community radio and public television outreach. She is a past president of the Communications Network in Philanthropy. She co-wrote the initial draft of the seminal public health planning document, Healthy People, [Healthy People should be italicized.] for the Institute of Medicine. She serves on the board of Family Guidance Center/Family and Children's Services of Central New Jersey.