Introduction to Health Services
Introduction to Health Services, Sixth Edition builds upon its reputation as a classic book written by nationally recognized authors. This new edition addresses the significant changes and advances in biomedical research, government policy, information technology, and health care cost containment
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| Language: | English |
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Albany, NY
Delmar Thomson Learning
2002
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| Edition: | Sixth Edition |
| Series: | Delmar series in health services administration
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
Introduction to health services