| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Emerald gems |
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Emerald gems.
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| Contents |
A different kind of public healthcare system ... / David Birnbaum -- Physician Medicare fraud: characteristics and consequences / Vivek Pande and Will Maas -- Obamacare: an ethical analysis of his leadership and the health reform initiative / Lamar Odom, Richard Owen, Amina Valley and Phillip Burrell -- Applying continuous improvement in public reporting: what should government reports do for quality improvement? / David Birnbaum and Jude Van Buren -- What can Canada learn from the USA's experience in reducing healthcare-associated infections? / William R. Jarvis -- Mandatory public reporting: the New York State experience / Rachel Stricof -- Applying the free market philosophy to healthcare / Pat Testa and Walter E. Block -- Forces, trends, and decisions in pharmaceutical supply chain management / Christian L. Rossetti, Robert Handfield and Kevin J. Dooley -- Primary care in the United States: practice-based innovations and factors that influence adoption / Debora Goetz Goldberg -- Strategic groups and outcomes in the US hospice care industry / Eric G. Kirby -- Structuring agency: examining healthcare management in the USA and Australia using organizational theory / Julianne Payne and Jeffrey Leiter -- Managing in the context of healthcare's escalating technology and evolving culture / Dawn E. Bowden and Stanley J. Smits -- Do health care professionals find the use of age-based rationing to reduce health care costs ethical? / Hengameh Hosseini |
| Summary |
A mixture of original research and thought leadership pieces combine to examine the changing landscape of the US healthcare system. This book provides researchers, professionals, managers and policy makers with a summary of how the US healthcare system has evolved and provides food for thought on how to prepare for the challenges of the future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical policy -- United States
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Health care reform -- United States
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Health planning -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Health care reform
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Health planning
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Medical policy
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781785608742 |
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1785608746 |
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