Changing the U. S. Health Care System : Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management

by Andersen, Ronald M.; Rice, Thomas H.; Kominski, Gerald F.; Afifi, Abdelmonem A.; Rosenstock, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780787985240
• ISBN10: 0787985244
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-02
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The third edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of the most current thought on three key components of health care policy-improving access, ensuring quality, and controlling costs. Written by a panel of health care policy experts, this third edition highlights the most recent research relevant to health policy and management issues. New chapters address topics such as the disparities in health and in health care, information systems, and performance in the area of nursing. Revisions to chapters from the previous edition emphasize the most recent developments in the field.

Author Biography

Ronald M. Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the University of California, Los Angeles, department of Health Services and Sociology. Previously he was professor at the University of Chicago and director of Center for Health Administration Studies.

Thomas H. Rice is vice chancellor for academic personnel at the University of California, Los Angeles and professor of health services, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health.

Gerald F. Kominski is professor in the Department of Health Services, associate dean for academic programs, and associate director of the Center for Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword

The Editors

The Authors

Introduction and Overview

Acknowledgments

Access to Health Care

Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators

Ethnic Disparities in Health Status

Disparities in Health Care

Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage

Costs of Health Care

Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends

Containing Health Care Costs

Controlling Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures

Quality of Health Care

Measuring Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life

Evaluating the Quality of Care

Public Release of Information on Quality

Health Care Information Systems

Performance Measurement of Nursing Care

Special Populations

Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population

AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health

Health Reform for Children and Families

Mental Health Services and Policy Issues

Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Health Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women

Homeless Persons

Directions for Change

Managed Care and the Growth of Competition

Medicare Reform

Public Health and Personal Health Services

The Continuing Issue of Medical Malpractice Liability

Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services

Index

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