Health Care USA: Understanding Its Organization and Delivery

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Harry A. Sultz, DDS, MPH. is Professor Emeritus of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Dean Emeritus of its School of Health Related Professions. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law. He has also served as Adjunct Professor, Health Systems Management, School of Management and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine. An epidemiologist, health care services planner, and researcher, he established and, for 26 years, directed the Health Services Research Program of Buffalo’s School of Medicine. His extensive research experience serves as background for the various editions of this book and for the courses that he teaches about health care and health policy.

Kristina M. Young, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the State University at Buffalo. She is also an adjunct faculty member of the University’s School of Law. She teaches graduate level courses in the organization of health care and in health policy. She is also president of Kristina M. Young and Associates, Inc., a management consultation and training group specializing in health care and human services organizations. Previously, she served as president of a corporate training and development organization; as executive vice president of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the joint interests of a major teaching hospital and a health maintenance organization; and as the vice president for research and development for a teaching hospital system and executive director of its health education and research foundation.