Understanding the U.S. health services system by Barton, Phoebe Lindsey instant download

Understanding the U.S. health services system by Barton, Phoebe Lindsey instant download

1 online resource (xxxiii, 573 pages) :, Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-554) and index, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010, Part I. Introduction -- Introduction to the U.S. health services system -- Overview of the U.S. health services system and its users -- Access to health services -- Part II. System organization -- Organization of the U.S. health services system -- Part III. System management -- Management of the U.S. health services system -- Part IV. Economic support -- Health insurance: the major financing mechanism for the U.S. health services system -- Financing the U.S. health services system -- Part V. Resource production -- Health services workforce -- Hospitals -- Biomedical research, health services technology, and technology assessment -- Part VI. Delivery system -- 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 -- Care of special populations and special disorders -- Health services delivery system: managed care -- Part VII. Measuring outcomes of the delivery system -- Issues in quality of care -- Part VIII. Future directions of the delivery system -- Continuing change in the U.S. health services delivery system