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Introduction to U.S. health policy [electronic resource] : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America / Donald A. Barr.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.Edition: 2nd ed., Johns Hopkins edDescription: xiv, 303 p. : ill. ; 27 cmOther title:
  • Introduction to US health policy
  • Introduction to United States health policy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.10973 22
LOC classification:
  • RA393 .B335 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- The uninsured -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform -- Where do we go from here? options for health care reform.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-300) and index.

Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- The uninsured -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform -- Where do we go from here? options for health care reform.

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