Our unsystematic health care system
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Our unsystematic health care system
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005
2nd ed.
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The aim of this book is to present the reader with a comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care delivery system. A central theme running through the book revolves around the fact that Americans have expressed a high level of dissatisfaction with the country's health care arrangements for many years, yet have been unable to come up with reforms that would address the main point of dissatisfaction: the steadily rising cost of care. One of the primary objectives of the book is to provide a clear explanation of the health insurance arrangements operating in this country; both public, such as Medicare, and private, which is generally employment-based. The workings of structures that combine payment and provision of health care services, namely HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations), are described in detail. The health care systems developed by other countries are examined to illustrate how this country's 'unsystematic system' differs from those in most other highly industrialized countries. Special attention is directed to hospital and health occupational trends.
Statistics gathered by government agencies and researchers associated with various nonprofit organizations are used to illustrate points of discussion. The final chapters of the book address attempts to control costs and changes promoted by sponsors of the most recent reform plans.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Health Care System as a Social Institution Chapter 2 Two Sociological Perspectives of the Health Care System Chapter 3 What Do We Think of the Health Care System? Chapter 4 Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations Chapter 5 The Division of Labor in the Health Care Delivery System Chapter 6 Alternative Medicine Chapter 7 Health Insurance Chapter 8 From HMOs to Managed Care Chapter 9 Health Care Costs and Cost Containment Chapter 10 The Health Care Systems in Other Countries Chapter 11 Health Care System Reform Chapter 12 The End of the Story and Its Implications
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