| Edition |
Ninth edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 583 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States. 8th ed. c2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Overview : the state of health care delivery in the United States / James R. Knickman and Anthony R. Kovner -- Supplement : key charts / Victoria Weisfeld -- Measuring health status / Mary Ann Chiasson and Steven Jonas -- Financing health care / Kelly A. Hunt and James R. Knickman -- Public health : policy, practice, and perceptions / Laura C. Leviton, Scott D. Rhodes, and Carol S. Chang -- The role of government in U.S. health care / Michael S. Sparer -- Comparative analysis of health systems among wealthy nations / Victor G. Rodwin -- Acute care / Marc N. Grouevitch, Carol A. Caronna, and Gary E. Kalkut -- Chronic care / Gerard F. Anderson and James R. Knickman -- Long-term care / Penny Hollander Feldman, Pamela Nadash, and Michal D. Gursen -- Health-related behavior / C. Tracy Orleans and Elaine F. Cassidy -- Pharmaceuticals / Robin J. Strongin, Ron Geigle, and Victoria A. Wicks -- The health care workforce / Carol S. Brewer and Thomas C. Rosenthal -- Information management / Roger Kropf -- Governance, management, and accountability / Anthony R. Kovner -- The complexity of health care quality / Douglas S. Wakefield and Bonnie J. Wakefield -- Access to care / John Billings and Joel C. Cantor -- Costs and value / Steven A. Finkler and Thomas E. Getzen -- The future of health care delivery in the United States / James R. Knickman and Anthony R. Kovner. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
How do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the population, the cost of care, and access to care?. Health Care Delivery in the United States , now in a thoroughly updated and revised 9th edition, discusses these and other core issues in the field. Under the editorship of Dr. Kovner and with the addition of Dr. James Knickman, Senior VP of Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, leading |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States.
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Delivery of Health Care -- United States.
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Health Policy -- United States.
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Health Services -- United States.
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Quality of Health Care -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Kovner, Anthony R.
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Knickman, James.
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Jonas, Steven.
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| Added Title |
Health care delivery in the United States |
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Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States.
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| ISBN |
9780826120977 electronic bk. |
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0826120970 electronic bk. |
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0826120989 |
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9780826120984 |
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