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Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach

Author
Bodenheimer, Thomas
Published
New York ; London : Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Edition
4th ed.
Physical Description
vii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Grumbach, Kevin

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Contents
Introduction: the paradox of excess & deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- Capitation payment in managed care -- How health care is organized-I -- How health care is organized-II -- Painful verson painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Long-term care -- The prevention of illness -- The quality of health care -- Medical ethics & the rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- National health insurance -- Conflict & change in America's health care system -- The health care workforce -- Conclusions: tensions & chanllenges -- Questions & discussion topics.
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ISBN
0071423117 (pbk.)
Note
Previous ed.: 2002.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Harrisburg copy: Purchased with funds from the Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund; 20056.
Endowment Note
Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund
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