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Health Care Softcover: 292 pages
Linking the nation’s health problems to larger political, cultural, and philosophical contexts, Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care offers a compelling look at where we stand and where we need to be headed. Health care delivery in the United States is an enormously complex and expensive enterprise that involves a host of competing interests. While arguably the nation offers the most technologically advanced medical care in the world, the American system consistently underperforms relative to its resources. Gaps in financing and service delivery pose major barriers to improving health, reducing disparities, achieving universal insurance coverage, enhancing quality, controlling costs, and meeting the needs of patients and families. Bringing together twenty-five of the nation’s leading experts in health care policy and public health, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how our health care system evolved, why we face the challenges that we do, and why reform is so difficult to achieve. The essays tackle tough issues including: socioeconomic disadvantage, obesity, tobacco policy, gun violence, insurance gaps, the rationing of services, medical errors, the nursing shortage, and the pervasive influence of special interests. This book includes these essays:
"A marvelous collection of ideas and insights by first-rate scholars. This book lays a foundation for more creative and effective policymaking." —Stephen M. Shortell, Dean, School of Public Health and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley David Mechanic is the director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University and the national program director of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research. Lynn B. Rogut is deputy director of the Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research. At The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, David C. Colby is deputy director of the Health Care Group and senior program officer, and James R. Knickman is vice president of Research and Evaluation. If you are interested in policy or books about health care reform, please see our up-to-date collection here: Politics, Policy & Reform. (information from the publisher) Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / You may also be interested in: / Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Return to Pages: / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Book Lists & Bookstore |
