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Essentials of health policy and law /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Teitelbaum, Joel Bern (Author), Wilensky, Sara E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2017]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Essential public health.
Subjects:
Health Policy > legislation & jurisprudence.
Insurance, Health > legislation & jurisprudence.
Social Determinants of Health.
Health Care Reform.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the role of and conceptualizing health policy and law
  • Policy and the policymaking process
  • Law and the legal system
  • Overview of the health care system
  • Public health institutions and systems
  • Individual rights in health care and public health
  • Social determinants of health and the role of law in optimizing health
  • Understanding health insurance
  • Health economics in a health policy context
  • National health reform
  • Government health insurance programs : Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare
  • Health care quality policy and law
  • Public health preparedness policy
  • The art of structuring and writing a health policy analysis.