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Introduction to health care delivery : a primer for pharmacists /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCarthy, Robert L., Schafermeyer, Kenneth W., Plake, Kimberly S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2012]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care.
Drug Industry.
Economics, Pharmaceutical.
Pharmaceutical Services.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Health care delivery in America : historical and policy perspectives
  • Health care professionals and interdisciplinary care
  • The pharmacist and the pharmacy profession
  • The patient
  • Drug use, access, the pharmaceutical industry, and supply chain in the United States
  • Critical issues in public health
  • Hospitals
  • Ambulatory care
  • Long-term care
  • Mental health services delivery
  • Home care
  • Informatics in health care
  • Basic economic principles affecting health care
  • Unique aspects of health economics
  • Private health insurance
  • Government involvement in health care
  • Managed health care
  • Medicare and medicaid
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • International health care services
  • Health care reform