| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 589 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the U.S. health services system -- An overview of the U.S. health services system and its users -- Access to health services -- Organization of the U.S. health services system -- Management of the U.S. health services system -- Health insurance: the major financing mechanism for the U.S. health services system -- Financing the U.S. health services system -- The health services workforce -- Hospitals -- Biomedical research, health services technology, and technology assessment -- Overview of the U.S. health services delivery system -- Health promotion and disease prevention -- Primary care -- Secondary care -- Long-term care -- Tertiary care -- Palliative care -- The care of special populations and special disorders -- The health services delivery system: managed care -- Issues in quality of care -- Continuing change in the U.S. health services delivery system. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States.
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Medical care. |
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United States. |
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
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Medical economics -- United States.
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Medical economics. |
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Delivery of Health Care. |
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Economics, Medical. |
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Health Policy. |
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Health Services. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Barton, Phoebe Lindsey. Understanding the U.S. health services system. 3rd ed. Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : AUPHA Press, ©2007 1567932630 (DLC) 2006043637 (OCoLC)69672005 |
| ISBN |
1567932630 (alkaline paper) |
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9781567932638 (alkaline paper) |
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9781567939538 (electronic book) |
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1567939538 (electronic book) |
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