Introduction to health services /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Williams, Stephen J. (Stephen Joseph), 1948-, Torrens, Paul R. (Paul Roger), 1934-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany, NY : Delmar Thomson Learning, [2002]
Edition:	6th ed.
Subjects:	Medical care > United States. Health services administration > United States. Health Services > United States. Soins médicaux > États-Unis. Santé, Services de > Administration > États-Unis.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE Overview of the Health Services System 1
Chapter 1 Historical Evolution and Overview of Health Services
in the United States 2
Chapter 2 Overview of the Organization of Health Services in the
United States 18
Chapter 3 Medicine and Technology 47
Chapter 4 Patterns of Illness and Disease and Access to Health Care 61
PARTTWO Financing and Structuring Health Care 91
Chapter 5 Financing Health Services 92
Chapter 6 Managed Care: Restructuring the System 124
Chapter 7 Private Health Insurance and Employee Benefits 140
PARTTHREE Providers of Health Services 161
Chapter 8 The Evolution of Public Health: A Joint Public-Private
Responsibility 162
Chapter 9 Ambulatory Health Care Services 177
Chapter 10 Hospitals and Health Systems 202
Chapter 11 The Continuum of Long-Term Care 234
Chapter 12 Mental Health Services 280
PART FOUR Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care 309
Chapter 13 Pharmaceuticals 310
Chapter 14 Health Care Professionals 326
PART FIVE Assessing and Regulating Health Services 351
Chapter 15 Health Policy and the Politics of Health Care 352
Chapter 16 Assessing and Improving Quality of Care 373
Chapter 17 Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services 392.