This comprehensive, highly analytical text presents an integrated description and assessment of the US health care system in a historical context. The book addresses the key components o the health care system--the resources, organization, management, evaluation, and control elements, as well as the political and policy issues that shape the system. The book analyzes health care from a multidisciplinary approach enabling health care workers to understand the many forces at work in this complex system.
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Dr. Paul Torrens is Professor of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health in Los Angeles