Essentials of Health Services

Features:

• An overview of the health care system examines the need for health services and the methods for measuring access to our health services.
• The settings in which health care is offered to consumers and organizations, including the pharmaceutical industry, are described and analyzed.
• Major categories of providers such as hospitals, mental health services, health care personnel, and the pharmaceutical industry are discussed.
• The way we pay for, manage, control, and evaluate our health care system is assessed, including insurance and reimbursement mechanisms.
• New sections in chapter 10 update readers on current trends pertaining to technology and research
• Online Companion with PowerPoint and an electronic Instructor?s Manual, replaces the print Instructor?s Manual and transparencies
• Regulatory and managed care and planning mechanisms are addressed.
• Health care policy and politics and their effect on how the health care system has evolved, as well as their potential effects in the future, are examined.

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