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Changing the U.S. health care system [electronic resource] : key issues in health services, policy, and management / [edited by] Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski ; foreward by Abdelmonem A. Afifi.

Contributor(s): Andersen, Ronald | Rice, Thomas H | Kominski, Gerald F.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass health series: Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001Edition: 2nd ed.General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xliii, 553 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0787960047 (electronic bk.); 9780787960049 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Health care reform -- United States | Medical policy -- United States | Medical care -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.1/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Foreword / Abdelmonem A. Afifi -- Introduction and Overview / Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski -- Access to Health Care -- Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators / Ronald M. Andersen, Pamela L. Davidson -- Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage / E. Richard Brown -- Costs of Health Care -- Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends / Thomas H. Rice -- Containing Health Care Costs / Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski -- Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures / Stuart O. Schweitzer, William S. Comanor -- Quality of Health Care -- Measuring Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life / Patricia A. Ganz, Mark S. Litwin -- Evaluating the Quality of Care / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Robert H. Brook -- Public Release of Information on Quality / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, John L. Adams -- Special Populations -- Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population / Steven P. Wallace, Emily K. Abel, Pamela Stefanowicz, Nadereh Pourat -- AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health / David M. Mosen, Denise R. Globe, William E. Cunningham -- Health Reform for Children and Families / Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, David L. Wood, Mark A. Schuster -- Mental Health Services and Policy Issues / Susan L. Ettner -- Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women / Roberta Wyn, Beatriz M. Solis -- Homeless Persons / Lillian Gelberg, Lisa Arangua -- Directions for Change.
Summary: Researchers working in health policy from a wide range of perspectives summarize existing empirical research on their specialties and discuss research and management strategies that can be used to address current problems. Those whose chapters were carried over from the first edition (no date noted) were asked to emphasize developments since then. The 20 studies cover access, costs, quality, special populations, and directions for change.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Foreword / Abdelmonem A. Afifi -- Introduction and Overview / Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski -- Access to Health Care -- Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and Contextual Indicators / Ronald M. Andersen, Pamela L. Davidson -- Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage / E. Richard Brown -- Costs of Health Care -- Measuring Health Care Costs and Trends / Thomas H. Rice -- Containing Health Care Costs / Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski -- Pharmaceutical Prices and Expenditures / Stuart O. Schweitzer, William S. Comanor -- Quality of Health Care -- Measuring Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life / Patricia A. Ganz, Mark S. Litwin -- Evaluating the Quality of Care / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Robert H. Brook -- Public Release of Information on Quality / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, John L. Adams -- Special Populations -- Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population / Steven P. Wallace, Emily K. Abel, Pamela Stefanowicz, Nadereh Pourat -- AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Health Services and Public Health / David M. Mosen, Denise R. Globe, William E. Cunningham -- Health Reform for Children and Families / Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, David L. Wood, Mark A. Schuster -- Mental Health Services and Policy Issues / Susan L. Ettner -- Women's Health: Key Issues in Access to Insurance Coverage and to Services Among Nonelderly Women / Roberta Wyn, Beatriz M. Solis -- Homeless Persons / Lillian Gelberg, Lisa Arangua -- Directions for Change.

Researchers working in health policy from a wide range of perspectives summarize existing empirical research on their specialties and discuss research and management strategies that can be used to address current problems. Those whose chapters were carried over from the first edition (no date noted) were asked to emphasize developments since then. The 20 studies cover access, costs, quality, special populations, and directions for change.

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