Health Care USA
Health Care USA: Understanding Its Organization and Delivery, Second Edition reflects recent major legislative changes that have occurred in Medicare, Medicaid and public health. The growing concern about mental health services will be covered by taking a close look at emerging behavioral health managed care organizations. The new edition will also reflect the increased penetration of managed care across the country and its effect on not only the health care industry, but also on consumers....
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Health Care USA, Seventh Edition, Offers Students Of Health Administration, Medicine, Public Health, And Related Fields The Most Comprehensive Overview Of America’S Health Care System Under A Single Cover. Combining Historical Perspective With Analysis Of Modern Trends, This Expanded Edition Charts The Evolution Of Modern American Health Care, Providing A Complete Examination Of Its Organization And Delivery While Offering Critical Insight Into The Issues That The U.S. Health System Faces Today.From A Physician-Dominated System To One Defined By Managed Care And Increasingly Sophisticated Technology, This Essential Text Explains The Transformation Underway And The Professional, Political, Social, And Economic Forces That Guide It Today And Will In The Future.Exhaustive In Breadth And Balanced In Perspective, Health Care USA, Seventh Edition, Provides Students With A Clearly Organized, Straightforward Illustration Of The Complex Structures, Relationships And Processes Of This Rapidly Growing, $2.5 Trillion Industry.The Seventh Edition Has Been Thoroughly Revised To Reflect Recent Developments In This Dynamic Industry. The Latest Edition Features:• A Comprehensive Overview Of The Complex And Evolving U.S. Health Care System, Plus Revised Data, Material And Analysis Throughout.• The Latest Benchmark Developments In Health Care, Including The Response Of Public Health To Swine Flu And The Obama Administration’S Health Care Reform.• A Look At The Recent Recession’S Effects On Hospital Finances.• New Projections And Data Trends On The Country’S Health Care Spending.• A Forward-Looking Perspective On The Future Of The U.S. Health Care System. James D. Bramble This is a general text on the organization and delivery of healthcare services. This second edition is updated with significant developments. The purpose is to provide a broad and general overview of the healthcare system. This book is intended for use as text for introductory courses on the organization and delivery of healthcare services. Thus it is primarily intended for students pursuing education as clinicians, administrators, policy makers, or other allied health professions within the healthcare system. The chapters are self-explanatory and can stand alone; however, when combined with the other chapters, they build a comprehensive picture of the U.S. healthcare system. The authors provide a brief discussion of the development and current status of our healthcare system, present the specific healthcare players and policies, and end with a chapter concerning the future of the healthcare system. Specific subjects include the different organizational structures, healthcare personnel, and policies that are integral in the delivery of healthcare services. An appendix of acronyms will be very useful to the reader. This book covers the essential topics for understanding the U.S. healthcare system. Though admittedly lacking in detail, the breadth of the text provides the beginning student with an understanding of the more vital components of our delivery system. An easily read text allows one to begin to understand an ever-increasingly complex healthcare system. However, because of the book's intent, many important topics only receive minimal attention that serves to detract from the text's comprehensiveness.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCh. 1Overview of Health Care: A Population Perspective1Ch. 2Benchmark Developments in U.S. Health Care31Ch. 3Hospitals: Origin, Organization, and Performance60Ch. 4Ambulatory Care110Ch. 5Medical Education and the Changing Practice of Medicine137Ch. 6Health Care Personnel169Ch. 7Financing Health Care207Ch. 8Managed Care257Ch. 9Long-Term Care279Ch. 10Mental Health Services316Ch. 11Public Health and the Role of Government in Health Care348Ch. 12Research: How Health Care Advances376Ch. 13The Future of Health Care398App. A - Abbreviations and Acronyms428App. B - Web Sites439Index442About the Authors461
\ Reviewer: Carole Ann Kenner, PhD, MSN, BSN(Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences)\ Description: This introduction to healthcare organization and delivery in the U.S. takes a public health/population focus. The previous edition was published in 2008.\ Purpose: The purpose is to provide an introduction to the U.S. healthcare delivery system and the external forces, such as sociopolitical, that shape it. \ Audience: The intended audience is health professions and health administrator students, but it also would be appropriate for policy students. \ Features: The book moves from the typical overview of healthcare delivery in the U.S. to external forces that have shaped it, such as the Great Depression, the managed care movement, and the Health Care Reform Act of 2010. The next few sections outline the origins of the hospital system, medical education, other health professions and their role in healthcare, the financing of healthcare, and differences in acute care versus community-based long-term, mental health, and public health care. The final sections are devoted to research in patient safety and quality as well as conjecture about where healthcare will be in the future. The book offers a snapshot of the changes in this edition upfront, section by section, making it easy for readers of previous editions to pinpoint the new material. The authors are also clear that they are not discussing each discipline's unique contribution. However, a lot of emphasis is placed on medical education and academic health centers.\ Assessment: There are many books on the market that address U.S. healthcare from a public health perspective. This one is easy to follow and outlines the key features students need to understand. It does not discuss the impact of stimulus money and the need to close the gap between clinical translational research and bench research, two aspects that are clearly driving healthcare today. Yet, despite these shortcomings this is a good foundational text for health professions and policy students.\ \ \ \ \ James D. BrambleThis is a general text on the organization and delivery of healthcare services. This second edition is updated with significant developments. The purpose is to provide a broad and general overview of the healthcare system. This book is intended for use as text for introductory courses on the organization and delivery of healthcare services. Thus it is primarily intended for students pursuing education as clinicians, administrators, policy makers, or other allied health professions within the healthcare system. The chapters are self-explanatory and can stand alone; however, when combined with the other chapters, they build a comprehensive picture of the U.S. healthcare system. The authors provide a brief discussion of the development and current status of our healthcare system, present the specific healthcare players and policies, and end with a chapter concerning the future of the healthcare system. Specific subjects include the different organizational structures, healthcare personnel, and policies that are integral in the delivery of healthcare services. An appendix of acronyms will be very useful to the reader. This book covers the essential topics for understanding the U.S. healthcare system. Though admittedly lacking in detail, the breadth of the text provides the beginning student with an understanding of the more vital components of our delivery system. An easily read text allows one to begin to understand an ever-increasingly complex healthcare system. However, because of the book's intent, many important topics only receive minimal attention that serves to detract from the text's comprehensiveness.\ \ \ BooknewsThis text for introductory courses on the organization of health at schools and colleges that prepare health professionals is designed to provide the reader with an understanding of the total health care system. Writing from a population perspective, the authors cover such topics as hospital reengineering, ambulatory and long-term care, medical education, health care personnel, finance and managed care, and mental health service. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsDescribes the changing roles and functions of health care in the US, and looks at the technical, economic, political, and social forces responsible for those changes. This edition integrates recent trends in health care costs, and discusses the effect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, managed care industry consolidation, and changing professional prerogatives of physicians. There is expanded information on nursing and allied health functions. For students of health care and related professions. Sultz is affiliated with the State University of New York-Buffalo. Young teaches social and preventive medicine at the same institution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ 3 Stars from Doody\ \
