Introduction to U.S. health policy : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America / Donald A. Barr.

Author
Barr, Donald A. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed., Johns Hopkins ed.
Published/​Created
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Description
xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-300) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Health, health care, and the market economy
    • 2. Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions
    • 3. The health professions and the organization of health care
    • 4. Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution
    • 5. Medicare
    • 6. Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
    • 7. The increasing role of for-profit health care
    • 8. Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs
    • 9. Long-term care
    • 10. The uninsured
    • 11. Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care
    • 12. Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform
    • 13. Where do we go from here? : options for health care reform.
    Other title(s)
    • Introduction to US health policy
    • Introduction to United States health policy
    ISBN
    • 9780801885747 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    • 0801885744 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    • 9780801885754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 0801885752 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2006023197
    OCLC
    70660077
    RCP
    C - S
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