Systems Of Health Care
eBook - ePub

Systems Of Health Care

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Systems Of Health Care

About this book

This comprehensive introductory text describes health systems in the United States and in other countries, with emphasis on their ability to deliver goods and services, their cost, and their operation within a legal framework. Included is a discussion of such major developments as prepaid group practice, automated multiphasic health testing, national health insurance, professional standards review organizations, comprehensive health planning, and malpractice arbitration. The author underlines the salient features of the various systems by presenting and discussing advertisements for health products and services. Flow diagrams, charts, tables, and discussion questions help the reader understand the complexities and interrelationships of health care systems. Extensive references and suggestions for further reading are also included.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Foreword
  11. Introduction
  12. 1. Systems and Health Care
  13. 2. Understanding the Semantics of Health Care
  14. 3. The U.S. Health Care Delivery System: Background
  15. 4. Organized Care
  16. 5. Mental Health
  17. 6. Health Services for the Aged
  18. 7. Disjointed Community Efforts To Organize the Delivery of Health Care
  19. 8. Medical Business in the Private Sector
  20. 9. Government Health Care Activities
  21. 10. Independent Practitioners
  22. 11. Economics and Finance of Health Care
  23. 12. Negligence and Medical Malpractice
  24. 13. Sociopolitical Aspects of Health Care
  25. 14. Future Delivery of Health Care: Emerging Concepts
  26. 15. National Systems of Health Care
  27. 16. Two Directions for a Health System
  28. 17. Spaceship Earth, Evolution, and Health Care
  29. Appendix: Gourmand and Food—A Fable
  30. Selected Secondary Sources
  31. Index