Introduction to Health Care Delivery : A Primer for Pharmacists

by McCarthy, Robert L.; Schafermeyer, Kenneth W.

• ISBN13: 9780763743536
• ISBN10: 0763743534
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Pharmacy Administration Pharmacy Programs or Doctor of Pharmacy Programs Intro to US Healthcare system Intro to Health Services Pharmacy as a Profession Health Policy Introduction to Health Services Comprehensive Health Systems Pharmacy Care Systems Health Care Delivery

Table of Contents

Social aspects of health care delivery	p. 1
Health care delivery in America : historical and policy perspectives	p. 3
Health care professionals and interdisciplinary care	p. 41
The pharmacist and the pharmacy profession	p. 65
The patient	p. 103
Drug use, access, the pharmaceutical industry, and supply chain in the United States	p. 137
Organizational aspects of health care delivery	p. 165
Hospitals	p. 167
Ambulatory care	p. 191
Long-term care	p. 219
Mental health services delivery	p. 249
Home care	p. 283
Informatics in health care	p. 303
Economic aspects of health care delivery	p. 327
Basic economic principles affecting health care	p. 329
Unique aspects of health economics	p. 353
Private health insurance	p. 369
Government involvement in health care	p. 399
Managed health care	p. 427
Medicare and Medicaid	p. 451
Pharmacoeconomics	p. 481
International health care services	p. 509
Health care reform	p. 539
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