Understanding health policy : a clinical approach /
Bodenheimer, Thomas.
Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach. - 3rd ed. - New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, ©2002. - vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - A Lange medical book .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the changing U.S. health care system -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- Capitation payment in managed care -- How health care is organized: I -- How health care is organized: II -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Long-term care -- The prevention of illness -- The quality of health care -- medical ethics and the rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- National health insurance -- Conflict and change in U.S. health care -- The health care workforce -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges.
9780071378154 0071378154 9780071124706 0071124705
GBA1V3793 bnb
Medical care--United States.
Medical policy--United States.
Health Policy.
Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
Health Care Costs.
Health Care Rationing.
National Health Insurance, United States.
United States.
RA395.A3 / B63 2002
362.10973
2002 B-772 WA 540 AA1 / B65u 2002
Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach. - 3rd ed. - New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, ©2002. - vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - A Lange medical book .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the changing U.S. health care system -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- Capitation payment in managed care -- How health care is organized: I -- How health care is organized: II -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Long-term care -- The prevention of illness -- The quality of health care -- medical ethics and the rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- National health insurance -- Conflict and change in U.S. health care -- The health care workforce -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges.
9780071378154 0071378154 9780071124706 0071124705
GBA1V3793 bnb
Medical care--United States.
Medical policy--United States.
Health Policy.
Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
Health Care Costs.
Health Care Rationing.
National Health Insurance, United States.
United States.
RA395.A3 / B63 2002
362.10973
2002 B-772 WA 540 AA1 / B65u 2002