Health care services in the 1990s : a consumer's guide
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Health care services in the 1990s : a consumer's guide
Praeger, 1991
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内容説明
How do you go about choosing between health insurance plans . . . selecting a hospital. . .choosing a doctor? These are just some of the difficult decisions certain to have a profound impact on your physical, emotional, and financial well-being for years to come.
This comprehensive guide shows you how to make knowledgeable choices--how to get everything you require from our nation's $600 billion a year health care system. Health Care Services in the 1990s provides life-or-death information about ambulatory care, long-term care, and mental health services. Learn about the changing roles of physicians and dentists. . .insurance vs. pre-paid plans. . .how hospitals and physicians get current addresses, contact information, and toll-free telephone numbers of agencies capable of anwersing questions about specific needs and situations. health care system, and proceeds with the active role of the consumer as a partner in the system, protecting and promoting one's own health. The book also describes ways in which the system's resources can be most advantageous when the consumer is not in bad health. The book progresses with a detailed exploration of the major components of the system, and analyzes functions such as ambulatory care, the choice of a hospital and its services, long term care, the nursing home, and mental health services. The major providers of care (the physicians, dentists, and other relevant providers) and how to work with them are discussed. Consumer approaches to health insurance, governmental health care programs, and financial considerations are also addressed. The quality of health care from the consumer viewpoint and protection of consumer rights inherent in the system is another aspect covered in this valuable book. Alternatives to the traditional health care system are also provided.
目次
- Preface Your Role in Health Care Being Informed: Understanding the System Taking Charge: Promoting Your Own Health Be the Best that You Can Protecting Your Life: Where Care Is Given Ambulatory Care: Backbone of the System The Hospital: Big Risks, Big Rewards Long-Term Care: Many Choices, Many Opportunities
- Mental Health: A Real Challenge The Powers That Be: Who Gives Care? Your Physician: A Key Player Dentists: Real Success, Fading Future The Supporting Cast: Other Important Providers Paying The Bill: Health Insurance Health Insurance: What It Is, How It Works
- Managed Care: Lower Cost, More Restrictions Paying The Bill: Governmental Programs Medicare: A Partial Help The Uninsured and Underinsured: Squeezed and in Trouble Financing and Reimbursement: Who Gets Paid And How National Health Expenditures Payments to Professionals and Institutions The Quality of Care Measuring and Assuring the Quality of Care Your Rights as a Consumer Alternatives To Traditional Medicine New Approaches To Special Situations Bypassing Traditional Resources Epilogue Appendix A: Sources of Information Appendix B: Toll-Free Numbers Appendix C: State Medical Boards, Medicare Carriers, and PROS Index
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