An Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System: Fifth Edition - Softcover

Jonas MD MPH FACPM, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826139868 ISBN 13: 9780826139863

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2003

Synopsis

This bestselling text is a concise and balanced classic presenting the domestic health care system. It explains the five major components of the U.S. health care system: health care institutions, health care personnel, financing mechanisms, research and educational institutions that produce biomedical knowledge and health personnel, and firms producing "health commodities" (such as pharmaceutical drugs and hospital equipment).

Completely updated to reflect the continual changes in the U.S. health care delivery system, this text includes new information on government and public policy reforms and recommendations, as well as website resources and glossary of terms. It provides a glimpse into the future of our well-being.

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About the Author:

Raymond Goldsteen, DrPH , is Director, MPH Program and Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota. He was founding Director of the Graduate Program in Public Health and Professor of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook. Dr. Goldsteen has an extensive background in health care and was formerly a director of the health policy research centers at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is co-author of Introduction to Public Health, now in its second edition.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0826139868
• ISBN 13: 9780826139863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 234