TY - BOOK AU - Bodenheimer,Thomas AU - Grumbach,Kevin TI - Understanding health policy: a clinical approach SN - 0071423117 (pbk.) AV - 1erAPT1erB666u 2005 U1 - 362.10973 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York, London PB - Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill KW - Medical care KW - United States KW - Medical policy KW - Gezondheidszorg KW - gtt KW - Beleid KW - Soins mâedicaux KW - âEtats-Unis KW - Politique sanitaire KW - Health Policy KW - Health Care Costs KW - Health Care Rationing KW - National Health Insurance, United States N1 - Previous ed.: 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the paradox of excess & deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- Capitation payment in managed care -- How health care is organized-I -- How health care is organized-II -- Painful verson painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Long-term care -- The prevention of illness -- The quality of health care -- Medical ethics & the rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- National health insurance -- Conflict & change in America's health care system -- The health care workforce -- Conclusions: tensions & chanllenges -- Questions & discussion topics ER -