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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Models of Health and Health Policy | |
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Introduction | |
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Highlights | |
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References | |
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National Health and Mental Health Policy in the United States | |
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The Failure to Enact National Health Insurance: 1865-1946 | |
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Early Efforts to Reform National Health and Mental Health Care: 1865-1912 | |
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Compulsory Health Insurance Efforts: 1912-1920 | |
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Federal-State Reforms and Private Insurance: 1920-1932 | |
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The New Deal Reforms: 1932-1940 | |
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Federal Health and Mental Health Policy and Services: 1941-1946 | |
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References | |
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The Emergence of Employment-Based Insurance and Managed Care: 1943 to the Present | |
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The Defeat of National Health Care Legislation: 1943-1949 | |
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The Enactment of Medicare: 1950-1965 | |
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Health Care Inflation and Strategies for Reform: 1970-1988 | |
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The Creation and Role of Community Mental Health Centers: 1963-1992 | |
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The Decline of Community Mental Health: 1980-1992 | |
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The Rise and Fall of the Health Security Act: 1988-1996 | |
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The Aftermath of the Health Security Act: 1995-2003 | |
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Reform During the Bush Years | |
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Prospects for Reform Under Obama | |
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United States Health Care Costs in International Perspective | |
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Highlights | |
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References | |
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The U.S. Health Care System Today | |
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Access to Care | |
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Health Insurance Coverage in the United States | |
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Health Insurance and Utilization of Services | |
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Improving Access to Health Care | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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The Growth, Development, and Future of Managed Care | |
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The Health Maintenance Act of 1973 | |
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From HMOs to Managed Care | |
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From Managed Care to Managed Competition | |
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Managed-Care Backlash | |
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Managed Care and Medicare | |
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Managed Care and Medicaid | |
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Managed Behavioral Health Care | |
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The Future of Managed Care | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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Medicare and Medicaid | |
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Medicare | |
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Medicaid | |
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Medicare Milestones | |
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Medicaid/CHIP Milestones | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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At-Risk and Underserved Populations | |
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Disparities in Health: People of Color | |
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Defining Risk | |
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Measuring Health Disparities | |
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African Americans | |
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Latina/os (Hispanics) | |
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | |
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Native Americans | |
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Racial Differences in the Delivery of Medical Care | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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Disparities in Health: Gender and Age-Based Differences | |
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Women and Infants | |
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Children and Adolescents | |
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Older Adults | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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New Directions for Health and Health Policy | |
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Looking Beyond Health Care | |
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What Determines Good Health? | |
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Implications for Change | |
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Highlights | |
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Websites to Obtain Updated and Additional Information | |
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References | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |