Understanding Health Policy, Sixth EditionMcGraw Hill Professional, 5 Apr 2012 - 231 halaman Understand how the healthcare system works – and how you can succeed in it Covers the 2010 Affordable Care Act The most trusted and comprehensive guide to healthcare available, Understanding Health Policy provides everything students and professionals need to build a solid foundation on the field’s most critical issues. Expert practitioners in both the public and private healthcare sectors, the authors cover the entire scope of our healthcare system—from the concepts behind policy decisions to concrete examples of how they affect patients and professionals alike. Understanding Health Policy, 6e makes otherwise difficult concepts easy to understand—so you can make better decisions, improve outcomes, and enact positive change on a daily basis. Features:
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4 Reimbursing Health Care Providers | 31 |
Primary Secondary and Tertiary Care | 43 |
Health Delivery Systems | 59 |
7 The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals | 73 |
8 Painful Versus Painless Cost Control | 91 |
11 Prevention of Illness | 135 |
12 LongTerm Care | 145 |
13 Medical Ethics and Rationing of Health Care | 153 |
14 Health Care in Four Nations | 169 |
15 Health Care Reform and National Health Insurance | 187 |
16 Conflict and Change in Americas Health Care System | 201 |
Tensions and Challenges | 213 |
18 Questions and Discussion Topics | 217 |