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Introduction to U.S. health policy : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America / Donald A. Barr.

By: Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: p. ; cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421420714 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1421420716 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781421420721 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421420724 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Introduction to United States health policy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • RA393 .B37 2016
NLM classification:
  • W 84 AA1
Contents:
The Affordable Care Act and the politics of health care reform -- Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The uninsured -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues impacting the direction of health care reform -- Epilogue/prologue to health care reform in America.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA393 .B37 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001423606

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Affordable Care Act and the politics of health care reform -- Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The uninsured -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues impacting the direction of health care reform -- Epilogue/prologue to health care reform in America.

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