Author: Publisher:
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Category : Medical economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Uncompensated Care in a Competitive Environment
Author: For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036437
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
America's Health Care Safety Net
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030906497X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
America's Health Care Safety Net explains how competition and cost issues in today's health care marketplace are posing major challenges to continued access to care for America's poor and uninsured. At a time when policymakers and providers are urgently seeking guidance, the committee recommends concrete strategies for maintaining the viability of the safety netâ€"with innovative approaches to building public attention, developing better tools for tracking the problem, and designing effective interventions. This book examines the health care safety net from the perspectives of key providers and the populations they serve, including: Components of the safety netâ€"public hospitals, community clinics, local health departments, and federal and state programs. Mounting pressures on the systemâ€"rising numbers of uninsured patients, decline in Medicaid eligibility due to welfare reform, increasing health care access barriers for minority and immigrant populations, and more. Specific consequences for providers and their patients from the competitive, managed care environmentâ€"detailing the evolution and impact of Medicaid managed care. Key issues highlighted in four populationsâ€"children with special needs, people with serious mental illness, people with HIV/AIDS, and the homeless.
Health Insurance
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
McCarthy's Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists
Author: Kenneth W. SchafermeyerPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1284094103
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 623
Book Description
Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists, Sixth Edition provides students with a current and comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care delivery system from the perspective of the pharmacy profession. Each thoroughly updated chapter of this best-selling text includes real-world case studies, learning objectives, chapter review questions, questions for further discussion, and updated key topics and terms. Patient-Provider dialogues are also included to help students apply key concepts. Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists, Sixth Edition will provide students with an understanding of the social, organizational, and economic aspects of health care delivery.
Health Care for the Economically Disadvantaged
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
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Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Health Care for the Economically Disadvantaged--II
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Hidden Costs, Value Lost
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309133203
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Hidden Cost, Value Lost, the fifth of a series of six books on the consequences of uninsurance in the United States, illustrates some of the economic and social losses to the country of maintaining so many people without health insurance. The book explores the potential economic and societal benefits that could be realized if everyone had health insurance on a continuous basis, as people over age 65 currently do with Medicare. Hidden Costs, Value Lost concludes that the estimated benefits across society in health years of life gained by providing the uninsured with the kind and amount of health services that the insured use, are likely greater than the additional social costs of doing so. The potential economic value to be gained in better health outcomes from uninterrupted coverage for all Americans is estimated to be between $65 and $130 billion each year.
Uncompensated Hospital Care
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
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Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Achieving Effective Cost Control in Comprehensive Health Care Reform
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description