9781284100556-1284100553-Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System

Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System

ISBN-13: 9781284100556
ISBN-10: 1284100553
Edition: 4
Author: Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Format: Paperback 402 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781284100556
ISBN-10: 1284100553
Edition: 4
Author: Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Format: Paperback 402 pages

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Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System (ISBN-13: 9781284100556 and ISBN-10: 1284100553), written by authors Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh, was published by Jones & Bartlett Learning in 2015. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Financial (Accounting, Health Care Delivery, Administration & Medicine Economics, Public Health, Schools & Teaching) books. You can easily purchase or rent Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Financial books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System, Fourth Edition is a clear and concise distillation of the major topics covered in the best selling Delivering Health Care in America by the same authors. Designed for undergraduate and graduate students in programs across the health disciplines, Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System is a reader friendly, well organized resource that covers the major characteristics, foundations, and future of the U.S. health care system. The text clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance and presents a solid overview of how the various components fit together.
Readers will gain the necessary tools to understand the unique dynamics of the U.S. health care system, including health care delivery, public policy, and the placement of the U.S. health care system within the larger context of global health care.
This fully revised Fourth Edition has been updated with the most current health statistics and information including:
• The status and impact of the Affordable Care Act on all parts of the health care delivery system
• Implementation of Healthy People 2020
• The current U.S. physician workforce and challenges
• New topics such as nanomedicine; clinical decision support systems; HITECH Law; update on remote monitoring; regulation of biologics; and medical technology
• Health disparities in terms of access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes
• Quality initiatives from government and private sectors
• U.S. health care delivery in the context of forces of future change

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This helps students who are studying about the U.S. Health Care System.

It is a textbook in the form of a book. It has chapters of different topics about the health care system with different stories and easy to read topics.

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