Managed care : a nursing perspective
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Managed care : a nursing perspective
Prentice Hall, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For graduate courses in nursing, and junior/senior-level courses in managed care, administration and management, health care policy and ethics, case management, trends and issues, health care and nursing history, and health care financing.
This text focuses on the impact of managed care on the health care delivery system and its effect on nursing. It guides students through the maze of the managed care environment with four major themes: The Health Care Environment: What It Is and How It Is Affected by Managed Care, Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works, Issues Affecting the Results of Managed Care, Managed Care: Implications for the Nurse. The text covers a wide variety of topics related to health care organizations, reimbursement, quality care, legal and ethical issues, changes in roles and responsibilities, tools and strategies used to monitor care, and changes in clinical practice. It incorporates the most recent information available to prepare nurses for practice in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
I. THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT.
1. The Changing Health Care Environment.
2. Reimbursement: A Driving Force.
II. MANAGED CARE: WHAT IT IS AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
3. Managed Care Organization: The Managed Care Maze.
4. Managed Care Strategies: Performance and Cost.
5. Case Management and Collaborative Care.
6. Clinical Pathways and Other Tools for Managing Care.
III. ISSUES AFFECTING THE RESULTS OF MANAGED CARE.
7. Legal and Ethical Issues.
8. Quality Care in the Managed Care Environment.
9. Managed Care and the Consumer.
10. Medicare and Medicaid: A Managed Care Approach.
IV. MANAGED CARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NURSE.
11. The Nurse and Managed Care.
12. Managed Care and Its Effect on Patient Care.
13. Advanced Practice Nurse and Managed Care.
14. Future: Are We Up to the Challenge?
Appendix A: Internet Web Site Guidelines.
Appendix B: Web Sites.
Appendix C: Resources for Senior Citizens.
Glossary.
Index.
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