Introduction to Health Services (Wiley Series in Plasma Physics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471046124 ISBN 13: 9780471046127

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1980

Synopsis

The new edition of this successful health services text employs an analytical approach and framework to discuss the history and current practices of the U.S. health care system. Includes new material which focuses on recent developments such as new systems of health care, the competitive health care marketplace, financing services, long-term health care and a modern assessment of medical technology. Text features an interdisciplinary approach and all contributors are well-known authorities in their respective fields. Chapters fall into five sections: overview of the health services system, causes and characteristics of health services use in the United States, providers of health services, resources for health services, assessing and regulating system performance and health care policies and practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Paul Torrens is Professor of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health in Los Angeles

Review:

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART ONE: Overview of the Health Services System. Chapter 1. Understanding Health Systems: The Organization of Health Care in the United States. Chapter 2. Technology in the U.S. Health Care System. Chapter 3. Population and Disease Patterns and Trends. PART TWO: Financing and Structuring Health Care. Chapter 4. Financing Health Systems. Chapter 5. Private Health Insurance and Managed Care. PART THREE: Providers of Health Services Chapter 6. Public Health: Joint Public-Private Responsibility in an Era of New Threats. Chapter 7. Ambulatory Health Care Services and Organizations. Chapter 8. Hospitals and Health Systems. Chapter 9. The Continuum of Long-Term Care. Chapter 10. Mental and Behavioral Health Services PART FOUR: Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care. Chapter 11. The Pharmaceutical Industry. Chapter 12. Health Care Professionals. PART FIVE: Assessing and Regulating Health Services. Chapter 13. Understanding Health Policy. Chapter 14. The Quality of Health Care. Chapter 15. Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services. Chapter 16. The Future of Health Services. Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0471046124
• ISBN 13: 9780471046127
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 397