Introduction To Health Services - Hardcover

Williams, Stephen; Torrens, Paul R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0766836118 ISBN 13: 9780766836112

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2001

Synopsis

Introduction to Health Services, 6E builds on a well established format written by nationally recognized authors with updated research and statistics. This revision reflects critical updates in health care finance, health care access, managed care, insurance, and home health.

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: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0766836118
• ISBN 13: 9780766836112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 428