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Understanding health policy : a clinical approach /

by Bodenheimer, Thomas ; Grumbach, Kevin .

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| Medical policy -- United States

| Medical policy

| Medical care, Cost of

| Health insurance -- United States

| Health Policy

| Health Care Costs

| Health Care Rationing

| National Health Insurance, United States

| United States

Contents:

Introduction: the paradox of excess and deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- How health care is organized-- Primary, secondary, and tertiary care -- How health care is organized -- Health delivery systems -- Health care workforce and the education of health professionals -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Quality of health care -- Prevention of illness -- Long-term care -- Medical ethics and rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- Health care reform and national health insurance -- Conflict and change in America's health care system -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges -- Questions and discussion topics

Summary: Expert practitioners in both the public and private healthcare sectors, the authors cover the entire scope of our healthcare system. From the concepts behind policy decisions to concrete examples of how they affect patients and professionals alike. Understanding Health Policy, 6e makes otherwise difficult concepts easy to understand.so you can make better decisions, improve outcomes, and enact positive change on a daily basis

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	KAMPALA UNIVERSITY NURSING SCHOOL General Section	WA540 .B65 2012 (Browse shelf)	1	Available	accessible		2025-5234

At head of title: A Lange medical book

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: the paradox of excess and deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- How health care is organized-- I: Primary, secondary, and tertiary care -- How health care is organized -- II: Health delivery systems -- Health care workforce and the education of health professionals -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Quality of health care -- Prevention of illness -- Long-term care -- Medical ethics and rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- Health care reform and national health insurance -- Conflict and change in America's health care system -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges -- Questions and discussion topics

Expert practitioners in both the public and private healthcare sectors, the authors cover the entire scope of our healthcare system. From the concepts behind policy decisions to concrete examples of how they affect patients and professionals alike. Understanding Health Policy, 6e makes otherwise difficult concepts easy to understand.so you can make better decisions, improve outcomes, and enact positive change on a daily basis

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Understanding health policy : a clinical approach /

by Bodenheimer, Thomas; Grumbach, Kevin.

by Bodenheimer, Thomas ; Grumbach, Kevin .