Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition

by BODENHEIMER

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5th

ISBN13:

9780071496063

ISBN10:

0071496068

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

8/18/2008

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McGraw-Hill Medical

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An engaging and clinically applicable work on the principles and structure of the U.S. healthcare system ..Understanding Health Policyis the best-written, most informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable. ..Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare. ..Everything you need to understand how the healthcare system works - and your role in it: . Clinical vignettes in every chapter illustrate key points. Detailed treatment of both U.S. and international issues. A complete chapter of review questions . NEWExpanded coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians. NEWCloser scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry. NEWBrand-new chapter on the medical education system .

Author Biography

Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, is professor of health policy and family medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Kevin Grumbach, MD, is chair, Department of Family Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco.

Preface	p. v
Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation	p. 1
Paying for Health Care	p. 5
Access to Health Care	p. 17
Reimbursing Health Care Providers	p. 31
How Health Care is Organized-I	p. 43
How Health Care is Organized-II	p. 59
The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals	p. 71
Painful Versus Painless Cost Control	p. 87
Mechanisms for Controlling Costs	p. 99
Quality of Health Care	p. 111
Prevention of Illness	p. 129
Long-Term Care	p. 139
Medical Ethics and Rationing of Health Care	p. 147
Health Care in Four Nations	p. 163
National Health Insurance	p. 181
Conflict and Change in America's Health Care System	p. 193
Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges	p. 205
Questions and Discussion Topics	p. 209
Index	p. 217
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