Title Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach.

Publication Info.	New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2016]
	©2016

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	362.1 B666U	Check Shelf

Edition	Seventh edition.
Description	vii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	"A Lange medical book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the paradox of excess and deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Paying health care providers -- How health care is organized-I: Primary, secondary, and tertiary care -- How health care is organized-II: Health delivery systems -- Health care workforce and the education of health professionals -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Quality of health care -- Prevention of illness -- Long-term care -- Medical ethics and rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- Health care reform and national health insurance -- Conflict and change in America's health care system -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges -- Questions and discussion topics.
Subject	Health Policy
	Health Care Costs
	Health Care Rationing
	National Health Insurance, United States
	United States
	Medical care -- United States.
	Medical policy -- United States.
	Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01013753
	Medical policy. (OCoLC)fst01014505
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Grumbach, Kevin, author.
Other Form:	Online version: Bodenheimer, Thomas. Understanding health policy. Seventh edition. New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2016 9781259584756 (OCoLC)946159154
ISBN	9781259584756 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	1259584755 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9781259251191

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