The nation's health /

The nation's health /

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Edition:7th ed.
Imprint:Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Pub., c2003.
Description:xxxiii, 606 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Public health -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States.
Public Health -- trends -- United States.
Delivery of Health Care -- United States.
Health Policy -- United States.
Long-Term Care -- United States.
Terrorism -- prevention & control -- United States.
Women's Health Services -- United States.
Health care reform.
Medical policy.
Public health.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4857573
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Other authors / contributors:Lee, Philip R. (Philip Randolph), 1924-
Estes, Carroll L.
Rodriguez, Fatima M.
ISBN:0763707597 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Part I. The Health of the Nation and Determinants of Health
  • Chapter 1. The Health of the Nation
  • Article 1. Trends in Mortality in the Twentieth Century
  • Article 2. Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases
  • Article 3. Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Healthier Mothers and Babies
  • Article 4. Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke--United States, 1900-1999
  • Article 5. Health People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health
  • Chapter 2. The Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
  • Article 1. McKeown and the Idea That Social Conditions Are Fundamental Causes of Disease
  • Article 2. The Influence of Income on Health: Views of an Epidemiologist
  • Article 3. Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Potential Role of Environmental Risk Exposure
  • Part II. Health Policy and the Politics of Health
  • Chapter 3. Health Policy: Theories, Models, and Concepts
  • Article 1. The Process of Public Policymaking: A Conceptual Model
  • Article 2. The Study of Public Policy Processes
  • Article 3. Policy Change over a Decade or More
  • Chapter 4. Health Policy: The Politics of Health
  • Article 1. From Trust to Political Power: Interest Groups, Public Choice, and Health Care
  • Article 2. Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World
  • Article 3. The Politics of Long-Term Care Reform under the Clinton Health Plan: Lessons for the Future
  • Part III. Identifying, Understanding, and Addressing Population Health Problems
  • Chapter 5. Public Health and Community Problem Solving
  • Article 1. Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Changes in the Public Health System
  • Article 2. Broadening Participation in Community Problem Solving: A Multidisciplinary Model to Support Collaborative Practice and Research
  • Part IV. Preparing for Terrorism: A Public Health Response
  • Chapter 6. Coordinating an Effective Public Health Response
  • Article 1. Responding to Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear Terrorism: The Indirect and Long-Term Health Effects May Present the Greatest Challenge
  • Article 2. Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Clinicians and Public Health Agencies as Essential Partners
  • Article 3. Bioterrorism Law and Policy: Critical Choices in Public Health
  • Article 4. Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Civil Liberties
  • Part V. Health Care, Health Care Organization, Health Care Financing, and Quality of Care
  • Chapter 7. Health Care, Health Insurance, and Health Care Organization
  • Article 1. Who Gets Health Care?
  • Article 2. The U.S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere?
  • Article 3. Health Insurance Coverage: 2000
  • Article 4. Managed Care in Transition
  • Chapter 8. Health Care Financing: Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
  • Article 1. Medicare
  • Article 2. Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries: Why Protection May Be in Jeopardy
  • Article 3. Medicaid
  • Article 4. SCHIP Turns 5: Taking Stock, Moving Ahead
  • Chapter 9. Quality of Health Care
  • Article 1. The American Health Care System: The Movement for Improved Quality in Health Care
  • Article 2. Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda
  • Article 3. Health Care Report Cards: Implications for Vulnerable Patient Groups and the Organizations Providing Them Care
  • Part VI. Women's Health and the Health Care System
  • Chapter 10. Women's Health and the Health Care System
  • Article 1. Women's Health in the United States: Health Coverage and Access to Care
  • Article 2. Adding Aging and Gender to the Women's Health Agenda
  • Article 3. Racial/Ethnic Variations in Women's Health: The Social Embeddedness of Health
  • Article 4. Failure of Estrogen Plus Progestin Therapy for Prevention
  • Article 5. Mammograms and Personal Choice
  • Part VII. Aging and Long-Term Care
  • Chapter 11. Long-Term Care
  • Article 1. Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population
  • Article 2. Long-Term Care: A Public responsibility
  • Article 3. Regulating Nursing Homes: Residential Nursing Facilities in the United States
  • Article 4. Consumer Empowerment Issues in Chronic and Long-Term Care
  • Recommended Reading
  • Index
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