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Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill, c2005.Edition: 4th edDescription: vii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0071423117 (pbk.)
  • 9780071423113 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10973 22
LOC classification:
  • 1erAPT1erB666u 2005
NLM classification:
  • 2004 O-290
  • WA 540 AA1
Other classification:
  • 44.14
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) B666u 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000056720

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.

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