Understanding Health Policy

Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2005 | 4th edition
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. (Verlag)
978-0-07-142311-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Providing an introduction to US health care policy, this book features information on cost containment, health insurance, managed care, hospital payment, and the two-tier model of physician reimbursement. It also covers the contribution approach to cost control; medical errors; and approaches to quality improvement.

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The number 1 text on health policy, this well-known book provides a short introduction to U.S. health care policy by two leading experts who are themselves practicing physicians. The Fourth Edition features the latest information on cost containment, health insurance, managed care, hospital payment, and the new two-tier model of physician reimbursement. It is expanded to cover defined contribution approach to cost control; medical errors; new approaches to quality improvement and the uncertain future of managed care.

Autor

Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco Kevin Grumbach, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2005
• Zusatzinfo: 45 Illustrations, unspecified
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• ISBN-10: 0-07-142311-7 / 0071423117
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-142311-3 / 9780071423113
• Zustand: Neuware