Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States

Editor/Author Knickman, James and Elbel, Brian
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Single-User Purchase Price: $95.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $142.50
ISBN: 978-0-8261-7272-3
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Image Count: 30
Book Status: Available
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A comprehensive survey of health care in the United States with topics ranging from the organization of care, the politics surrounding health care in the United States, to population health and vulnerable populations, health care costs and value, health care financing, and health information technology.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword - Anthony R. Kovner, PhD
  • Acknowledgments
  • Organization of This Book
  • Contributors
  • Part I: Health Policy
  • Chapter 1: The Challenge of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy - Brian Elbel and James R. Knickman
  • Chapter 2: Organization of Care - Amy Yarbrough Landry and Cathleen O. Erwin
  • Chapter 3: The Politics of Health Care in the United States - Rogan Kersh and James Morone
  • Chapter 4: Comparative Health Systems - Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin
  • Part II: Keeping Americans Healthy
  • Chapter 5: Population Health - Pamela G. Russo and Marc N. Gourevitch
  • Chapter 6: Public Health: A Transformation in the 21st Century - Laura C. Leviton, Paul L. Kuehnert, and Kathryn E. Wehr
  • Chapter 7: Health and Behavior - Brian Elbel, Elaine F. Cassidy, Matthew D. Trujillo, and C. Tracy Orleans
  • Chapter 8: Vulnerable Populations: Meeting the Health Needs of Populations Facing Health Inequities - Monique J. Vasquez, Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Elizabeth A. Ward, and Lourdes J. Rodríguez
  • Part III: Medical Care: Treating Americans’ Medical Problems
  • Chapter 9: The Health Workforce - Joanne Spetz and Susan A. Chapman
  • Chapter 10: Health Care Financing - James R.. Knickman
  • Chapter 11: Health Care Costs and Value - David C. Radley and John Marchica
  • Chapter 12: High-Quality Health Care - Carolyn M. Clancy and Irene Fraser
  • Chapter 13: Health Care Management - Anthony R. Kovner and Christy Harris Lemak
  • Chapter 14: Health Information Technology - Karen B. DeSalvo and Y. Claire Wang
  • Part IV: Future of U.S. Health Care
  • Chapter 15: The Future of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy - James R. Knickman and Brian Elbel
  • Appendix: U.S. Government Public Health Agencies
  • Glossary