Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition

Name: Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition
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ISBN: 9780071496063

ISBN-10: 0071496068

ISBN-13: 9780071496063

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach

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Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most clinically applicable book available on the subject-and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable.

Book details

List price: $45.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
Publication date: 8/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation



Paying for Health Care



Access to Health Care



Reimbursing Health Care Providers



How Health Care is Organized-I



How Health Care is Organized-II



The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals



Painful Versus Painless Cost Control



Mechanisms for Controlling Costs



Quality of Health Care



Prevention of Illness



Long-Term Care



Medical Ethics and Rationing of Health Care



Health Care in Four Nations



National Health Insurance



Conflict and Change in America's Health Care System



Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges



Questions and Discussion Topics


Index