Health Care in the United States (PDF)

Health Care in the United States combines an explanation of
population health with a comprehensive introduction to health
services delivery. The author, an expert on health care policy and
management, shows how the U.S. health services system is organized,
managed, financed, and evaluated. Filled with numerous examples and
tables, this important resource illustrates key concepts, trends,
and features of the system. It places special emphasis on recent
health care reform legislation and its implications for the
future.

Health Care in the United States reviews the historical origins
of health care, its resource requirements, costs, quality, and
contributions to both individual and social well-being. By
combining basic concepts in population health with coverage of
health services, the book offers extraordinary breadth of
information in a highly accessible, easy-to-read text.

Along with an in-depth look at the origins and possible impact
of recent health reform legislation, the book explains the ongoing
dilemmas that face the health care system and highlights health and
disease in the modern world, the fundamentals of epidemiology, and
health behavior. Health Care in the United States also explains the
special challenges of managing health service personnel and
organizations. The author reviews key innovations in financing and
delivery, explaining the outcomes of cost sharing, HMO enrollment,
and rationing of services.

This vital resource is written for students and professionals in
health care management and policy, as well as public health,
medical sociology, medical anthropology, social work, political
science, and most, if not all, clinical fields.