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Health and Health Care Policy A Social Work Perspective

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ISBN-10: 0205306721

ISBN-13: 9780205306725

Edition: 2003

Authors: Allyn and Bacon Editorial Staff, Stephen Gorin, Cynthia Moniz

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This text fills a void in social work literature by offering a comprehensive, in-depth overview of health and health policy. Health and Health Care Policy provides an overview of the development of health policy in the United States, with a particular focus on the failure to achieve universal coverage. It also discusses the role of private and public insurance and examines the uninsured populations. Finally, the book examines managed care in health and mental health and its impact on social work. Practitioners and policy advocates in the public health and health policy arena, social workers and health care providers.
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Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Chapters conclude with "Highlights" and "References;" most also contain "Websites."
Preface
National Health and Mental Health Policy in the U.S.
Efforts to Establish National Health Insurance: 1865-1946
The Welfare State in the U.S
Historical Determinants
Early Efforts to Establish National Health and Mental Health Care Policy and Services: 1865-1912
Efforts to Enact Compulsory Health Insurance: 1912-1920
Federal-State Reforms and Private Insurance: 1920-1932
The New Deal Reforms: 1932-1940
Federal Health and Mental Health Policy and Services: 1941-1946
The Emergence of Employment-Based Insurance and Managed Care: 1943-Present
Political Opposition to National Health Insurance: 1943-1950
The Defeat of National Health Care Legislation: 1943-1949
The Political Battle to Enact Medicare: 1950-1965
Health Care Inflation and Strategies for Reform:1970-1988
The Creation and Role of Community Mental Health Centers: 1963-1992
The Decline of Community Mental Health: 1980-1992
The Rise and Fall of the Health Security Act: 1988-1996
Aftermath of the Health Security Act
The U.S Health Care System Today
Access to Care
Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S
The Uninsured Population in the U.S
Health Insurance and Utilization of Services
The Growth and Development of Managed Care
The Health Maintenance Act (HMO) of
From HMOs to Managed Care
From Managed Care to Managed Competition
Managed Care Backlash
Managed Care and Medicare
Managed Care and Medicaid
Managed Behavioral Health Care
The Future of Managed Care
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare
Beneficiaries
Managed Care and Medicare
Benefits and Financing
Recipients
At-Risk and Underserved Populations
Disparities in Health: People of Color
Measuring Health Disparities
African Americans
HIV/AIDS
Latina/os (Hispanics)
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Native Americans
Environmental Health Risks
Racial Differences in the Delivery of Medical Care
Disparities in Health: Gender and Age-Based Differences
Women and Infants
Children and Adolescents
Elderly
Future Directions
Inequality Is Bad for Your Health: A Framework for Health Policy
What Is Health? Determinants of Health
The Biopsychosocial Perspective
The Social Determinants of Health
Implications for Health Policy and Social Work
Glossary of Terms
Index