| Description |
vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A Lange medical book |
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Lange medical book.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: the changing U.S. health care system -- 2. Paying for health care -- 3. Access to health care -- 4. Reimbursing health care providers -- 5. Capitation payment in managed care -- 6. How health care is organized I -- 7. How health care is organized II -- 8. Painful versus painless cost control -- 9. Mechanisms for controlling costs -- 10. Long-term care -- 11. The prevention of illness -- 12. The quality of health care -- 13. Medical ethics & the rationing of health care -- 14. Health care in four nations -- 15. National health insurance -- 16. Conflict & change in U.S. health care -- 17. The health care workforce -- 18. Conclusion: tensions & challenges -- 19. Questions & discussion topics |
| Summary |
This book covers fundamental topics such as cost containment, health insurance, managed care, and physician and hospital payment. The authors bring to life important policy issues by providing extensive case histories that pinpoint individual encounters within the health care system |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: London : Prentice Hall, 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States.
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Parents with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Children of parents with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Australia -- Victoria.
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| Author |
Grumbach, Kevin.
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Disability Discrimination Legal Service (Vic.)
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| LC no. |
07029442 |
| ISBN |
0071378154 alkaline paper |
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0071124705 Internatinal edition |
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