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

Kominski, Gerald F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118128915 ISBN 13: 9781118128916

Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 2014

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The Fourth Edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System addresses the key topics in health care policy and management, presenting evidence-based views of current issues. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field who integrates evidence to explain the current condition and presents support for needed change. The book examines all the levers in the setting and implementation of health policy, and includes extensive coverage of impact of the Affordable Care Act, particularly on Medicare, Medicaid, and large and small group insurance markets. Also new to this edition is expanded coverage of nursing, disease management, mental health, women's health, children's health, and care for the homeless.

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Gerald F. Kominski, PhD, is professor, Department of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and director of UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He is co-developer of the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) model currently being used to estimate eligibility and enrollment in health insurance exchanges in California and Hawaii.

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Changing the U. S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
4th Edition

Since the first edition was published in 1996, Changing the U.S. Health Care System has provided a comprehensive, single-source account of the issues of most concern to health care policy and management students, health services researchers and policy analysts, health care managers, practitioners, and providers.

The fourth edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of evidence-based views of the most important current issues in the field. Written by a panel of health care policy experts, this new edition highlights access to health care, cost of health care, quality of health care, special populations, and directions for change. This resource also offers deep coverage of health reform and its impact on all areas and regions of health services.

Each chapter is written by experts in the field who integrate evidence to explain the current condition and present support for needed change in our health care system.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/kominski4e
Additional resources: www.josseybasspublichealth.com

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Changing the U. S. Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management
4^th Edition

Since the first edition was published in 1996, Changing the U.S. Health Care System has provided a comprehensive, single-source account of the issues of most concern to health care policy and management students, health services researchers and policy analysts, health care managers, practitioners, and providers.

The fourth edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of evidence-based views of the most important current issues in the field. Written by a panel of health care policy experts, this new edition highlights access to health care, cost of health care, quality of health care, special populations, and directions for change. This resource also offers deep coverage of health reform and its impact on all areas and regions of health services.

Each chapter is written by experts in the field who integrate evidence to explain the current condition and present support for needed change in our health care system.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/kominski4e
Additional resources: www.josseybasspublichealth.com

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118128915
• ISBN 13: 9781118128916
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 848
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