A HeadDedication
A HeadTable of Contents
A HeadForeword
A HeadAcknowledgements
A HeadAbout the Authors
A HeadAbout the Contributors
A HeadIntroduction
A HeadNew to the Eighth Edition
Chapter1 Overview of Health Care: A Population Perspective
Chapter2 Benchmark Developments in U.S. Health Care
Chapter3 Health Information Technology
Chapter4 Hospitals: Origin, Organization, and Performance
Chapter5 Ambulatory Care
Chapter6 Medical Education and the Changing Practice of Medicine
Chapter7 The Health Care Workforce
Chapter8 Financing Health Care
Chapter9 Long-Term Care
Chapter10 Mental Health Services
Chapter11 Public Health and the Role of Government in Health Care
Chapter12 Research: How Health Care Advances
Chapter13 Future of Health Care
A HeadAppendix A Abbreviations and Acronyms
A HeadAppendix B Web Sites
A HeadGlossary