Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States /

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Edition:8th ed.
Imprint:New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2005.
Description:xxxi, 753 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5712422
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Varying Form of Title:Jonas and Kovner's health care delivery in the United States
Health care delivery in the United States
Other authors / contributors:Jonas, Steven.
Kovner, Anthony R.
Knickman, James.
ISBN:0826120873 (hard cover)
0826120881 (soft cover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [707]-731) and index.
Summary:"How do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the population, the cost of care, and access to care? These core issues regarding our health policy are answered in this text.This is a textbook for course work in health care, the handbook for administrators and policy makers, and the standard for in-service training programs"--Provided by the Publisher.
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Summary:Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award <p>How do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the population, the cost of care, and access to care? </p> <p> Health Care Delivery in the United States, 8th Edition discusses these and other core issues in the field. Under the editorship of Dr. Kovner and with the addition of Dr. James Knickman, Senior VP of Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, leading thinkers and practitioners in the field examine how medical knowledge creates new healthcare services. Emerging and recurrent issues from wide perspectives of health policy and public health are also discussed. </p> <p>With an easy to understand format and a focus on the major core challenges of the delivery of health care, this is the textbook of choice for course work in health care, the handbook for administrators and policy makers, and the standard for in-service training programs.</p> <p> Instructor's Guide Now Available Online An Instructor's Manual for this textbook is available for those professors who have adopted Health Care Delivery in the United States, Eighth Edition and can verify a bookstore order of 7 or more copies. Please email our Marketing Department at marketing@springerpub.com if you have adopted this text as you will need a password to download the guide. Please provide the name and telephone number of the bookstore that ordered the textbooks.<br> A print version of the Instructor's Manual is also available.</p><br>
Physical Description:xxxi, 753 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [707]-731) and index.
ISBN:0826120873
0826120881