Health Care Regulation in America Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise

Name: Health Care Regulation in America Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise
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ISBN: 9780195159684

ISBN-10: 0195159683

ISBN-13: 9780195159684

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert I. Field

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Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. It is the engine that translates public policy into action. While the health and lives of patients, as well as almost one-sixth of the national economy depend on its effectiveness, health care regulation in America is bewilderingly complex. Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels direct portions of the industry, but hundreds of private organizations do so as well. Some of these overseers compete with one another, some conflict, and others collaborate. Their interaction is as important to the provision of health care as…

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List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 9.41" wide x 6.18" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



List of Tables



Introduction: The History, Policies, and Structures That Shape Health Care Regulation



Regulation of Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals



Regulation of Hospitals and Other Health Care Institutions



Regulation and Administration of Health Care Finance



Regulation of Drugs and Health Care Products



Regulation of Public Health



Regulation of Health Care Business Relationships



Regulation and Funding of Research



New Regulatory Horizons and Old Policy Conflicts



List of Major Health Care Regulatory Agencies and Organizations



Chronology of Major Developments in Public Health Regulation



List of Acronyms


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index