Introduction to health services /
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| Edition: | 7th ed. |
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| Imprint: | Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2008. |
| Description: | vii, 384 p. ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6673036 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. Overview of the Health Services System
- Chapter 1. Understanding Health Systems: The Organization of Health Care in the United States
- Chapter 2. Technology in the U.S. Health Care System
- Chapter 3. Population and Disease Patterns and Trends
- Part 2. Financing and Structuring Health Care
- Chapter 4. Financing Health Systems
- Chapter 5. Private Health Insurance and Managed Care
- Part 3. Providers of Health Services
- Chapter 6. Public Health: Joint Public-Private Responsibility in an Era of New Threats
- Chapter 7. Ambulatory Health Care Services and Organizations
- Chapter 8. Hospitals and Health Systems
- Chapter 9. The Continuum of Long-Term Care
- Chapter 10. Mental and Behavioral Health Services
- Part 4. Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care
- Chapter 11. The Pharmaceutical Industry
- Chapter 12. Health Care Professionals
- Part 5. Assessing and Regulating Health Services
- Chapter 13. Understanding Health Policy
- Chapter 14. The Quality of Health Care
- Chapter 15. Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services
- Chapter 16. The Future of Health Services
- Index
