Introduction to health services / edited by Stephen J. Williams, Paul R. Torrens.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE Overview of the Health Services System 1 -- Chapter 1 Historical Evolution and Overview of Health Services -- in the United States 2 -- Chapter 2 Overview of the Organization of Health Services in the -- United States 18 -- Chapter 3 Medicine and Technology 47 -- Chapter 4 Patterns of Illness and Disease and Access to Health Care 61 -- PARTTWO Financing and Structuring Health Care 91 -- Chapter 5 Financing Health Services 92 -- Chapter 6 Managed Care: Restructuring the System 124 -- Chapter 7 Private Health Insurance and Employee Benefits 140 -- PARTTHREE Providers of Health Services 161 -- Chapter 8 The Evolution of Public Health: A Joint Public-Private -- Responsibility 162 -- Chapter 9 Ambulatory Health Care Services 177 -- Chapter 10 Hospitals and Health Systems 202 -- Chapter 11 The Continuum of Long-Term Care 234 -- Chapter 12 Mental Health Services 280 -- PART FOUR Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care 309 -- Chapter 13 Pharmaceuticals 310 -- Chapter 14 Health Care Professionals 326 -- PART FIVE Assessing and Regulating Health Services 351 -- Chapter 15 Health Policy and the Politics of Health Care 352 -- Chapter 16 Assessing and Improving Quality of Care 373 -- Chapter 17 Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services 392.