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

""[A]n excellent introductory text for the study of this subject, and 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 but only basic analysis. 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 reviews of the previous edition)

This classic text, now in a completely updated and revised 10th edition, meticulously examines the critical issues and dilemmas surrounding our health care system via a team of leading thinkers and practitioners, who provide an objective assessment of how medical knowledge creates new health care services, and of emerging and recurrent issues from the wide perspectives of health policy and public health.

With an easy to understand format and a focus on the major core challenges of the delivery of health care, this enduring text will provide a wealth of information for course work in health care and serve as a reference for administrators and policy makers and as a prototype for in-service training programs.

Key Features:

• Provides current, evidence-based and fully revised content
• Includes new section openers introduced by leading scholars and new contributing authors
• Builds informative case studies into each chapter
• Adds new coverage of health reform, developing and developed countries, improving the health of populations, public health and catastrophic events, a broadened discussion of the work force to include doctors and nurses, and integrative models
• Offers revised ancillary materials for educators

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.

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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.

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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.