Introduction to U. S. Health Policy The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America

Name: Introduction to U. S. Health Policy The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
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ISBN: 9781421402185

ISBN-10: 1421402181

ISBN-13: 9781421402185

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Donald A. Barr

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Health care reform has dominated public discourse over the past several years, and the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act, rather than quell the rhetoric, has sparked even more debate. Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and political contexts in which it developed and the core policy issues that continue to confront us today. This comprehensive analysis introduces the various organizations and institutions that make the U.S. health care system work -- or fail to work, as the case may be. A principal message of this book is the seeming paradox of the quality of health care in this country -- on one hand it is the…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Donald A. Barr, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of sociology and the coordinator for Curriculum in Health Policy at Stanford University. He has more than 30 years of experience as a medical practitioner and is the author of Introduction to U.S. Health Policy, second edition, also published by Johns Hopkins.



Preface


Author's Note



The Affordable Care Act and the Politics of Health Care Reform



Health, Health Care, and the Market Economy



Health Care as a Reflection of Underlying Cultural Values and Institutions



The Health Professions and the Organization of Health Care



Health Insurance, HMOs, and the Managed Care Revolution



Medicare



Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program



The Increasing Role of For-Profit Health Care



Pharmaceutical Policy and the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs



Long-Term Care



The Uninsured



Factors Other Than Health Insurance That Impede Access to Health Care



Key Policy Issues for Deciding the Direction of Health Care Reform



Epilogue/Prologue to Health Care Reform in America


Appendix: Summary of the Changes Contained in the Affordable Care Act


On-Line Data Sources


References


Index