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Author Barton, Phoebe Lindsey.

Title Understanding the U.S. health services system / Phoebe Lindsey Barton.

Publication Info. Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press ; Arlington, VA : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, [2010]
©2010

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Edition 4th ed.
Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 569 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 : how managed care has influenced delivery -- Issues in quality of care -- Epilogue.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Medical care -- United States.
Medical care.
United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Medical policy.
Medical economics -- United States.
Medical economics.
Health Services.
Delivery of Health Care.
Economics, Medical.
Health Policy.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Medical care.
Other Form: Print version: Barton, Phoebe Lindsey. Understanding the U.S. health services system. 4th ed. Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press ; Arlington, VA : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, ©2010 9781567933383 (DLC) 2009033085 (OCoLC)430443037
ISBN 9781441638922 (electronic book)
144163892X (electronic book)