Introduction to Health ServicesStephen Joseph Williams, Paul Roger Torrens Taylor & Francis US, 2002 - 428 pages Introduction to Health Services, 6E builds on a well established format written by nationally recognized authors with updated research and statistics. This revision reflects critical updates in health care finance, health care access, managed care, insurance, and home health. |
Contents
Historical Evolution and Overview of Health Services in the United States | 2 |
Overview of the Organization of Health Services in the United States | 18 |
Medicine and Technology | 47 |
Patterns of Illness and Disease and Access to Health Care | 61 |
PART TWO Financing and Structuring Health Care | 91 |
Financing Health Services | 92 |
Restructuring the System | 124 |
Private Health Insurance and Employee Benefits | 140 |
Hospitals and Health Systems | 202 |
The Continuum of LongTerm Care | 234 |
Mental Health Services | 280 |
PART FOUR Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care | 309 |
Pharmaceuticals | 310 |
Health Care Professionals | 326 |
PART FIVE Assessing and Regulating Health Services | 351 |
Health Policy and the Politics of Health Care | 352 |
PART THREE Providers of Health Services | 161 |
A Joint PublicPrivate Responsibility | 162 |
Ambulatory Health Care Services | 177 |
Assessing and Improving Quality of Care | 373 |
Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services | 392 |
Common terms and phrases
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