Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management, 2nd Edition

by Ronald M. Andersen (UCLA, School of Public Health ); Thomas H. Rice (UCLA, School of Public Health ); Gerald F. Kominski (UCLA, School of Public Health )

• ISBN13: 9780787954048
• ISBN10: 0787954047
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• 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.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	xi
Foreword	xv
Abdelmonem A. Afifi
Acknowledgments	xix
The Authors	xxi
Introduction and Overview	xxxi
Ronald M. Andersen
Thomas H. Rice
Gerald F. Kominski
PART ONE: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE	1	(58)
Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators	3	(28)
Ronald M. Andersen
Pamela L. Davidson
Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage	31	(28)
E. Richard Brown
PART TWO: COSTS OF HEALTH CARE	59	(66)
Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends	61	(21)
Thomas H. Rice
Containing Health Care Costs	82	(18)
Thomas H. Rice
Gerald F. Kominski
Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures	100	(25)
Stuart O. Schweitzer
William S. Comanor
PART THREE: QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE	125	(78)
Measuring Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life	127	(23)
Patricia A. Ganz
Mark S. Litwin
Evaluating the Quality of Care	150	(33)
Elizabeth A. McGlynn
Robert H. Brook
Public Release of Information on Quality	183	(20)
Elizabeth A. McGlynn
John L. Adams
PART FOUR: SPECIAL POPULATIONS	203	(184)
Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population	205	(19)
Steven P. Wallace
Emily K. Abel
Pamela Stefanowicz
Nadereh Pourat
AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health	224	(37)
David M. Mosen
Denise R. Globe
William E. Cunningham
Health Reform for Children and Families	261	(30)
Neal Halfon
Moira Inkelas
David L. Wood
Mark A. Schuster
Mental Health Services and Policy Issues	291	(29)
Susan L. Ettner
Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women	320	(12)
Roberta Wyn
Beatriz M. Solis
Homeless Persons	332	(55)
Lillian Gelberg
Lisa Arangua
PART FIVE: DIRECTIONS FOR CHANGE	387	(150)
Managed Care and the Growth of Competition	389	(17)
Gerald F. Kominski
Glenn Melnick
Medicare Reform	406	(30)
Jeanne T. Black
Gerald F. Kominski
The Role of Prevention	436	(21)
Charles Lewis
Public Health and Personal Health Services	457	(13)
Lester Breslow
Jonathan E. Fielding
The Continuing Issue of Medical Malpractice Liability	470	(33)
Ruth Roemer
Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services	503	(34)
Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau
Ruth Roemer
Name Index	537	(2)
Subject Index	539