The book provides a thorough review of the U.S. health care system, including its organization and financing, care delivery, recent reforms, and an evaluation of the system’s performance.
The book provides a thorough review of the U.S. health care system, including its organization and financing, care delivery, recent reforms, and an evaluation of the system’s performance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas Rice is an economist and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of tables, figures and boxes Abstract Executive summary 1 Introduction 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status 2 Organization and governance 2.1 Historical background 2.2 Organization of the healthcare system 2.3 Decentralization and centralization 2.4 Planning 2.5 Intersectorality 2.6 Patient empowerment 2.7 Regulation 3 Financing 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue, financing and financial flows 3.3 Medicare 3.4 Medicaid 3.5 Private health insurance 3.6 Out-of-pocket payments 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4 Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5 Provision of services 5.1 Patient pathways 5.2 Public health 5.3 Outpatient services: primary care 5.4 Outpatient services: specialty care 5.5 Other outpatient services: ambulatory surgical, emergency and urgent care 5.6 Acute inpatient care 5.7 Dental care 5.8 Behavioural healthcare 5.9 Pharmaceutical care 5.10 Post-acute care: rehabilitation, intermittent home care and subacute care 5.11 Long-term care 5.12 Palliative care 5.13 Services from informal care-givers 5.14 Racial and ethnic minorities, low-income individuals, the uninsured and other vulnerable populations 6 Principal health reforms 6.1 History of US health reforms 6.2 The Affordable Care Act 6.3 The future of the ACA 7 Assessment of the health system 7.1 Health system governance 7.2 Accessibility 7.3 Financial protection 7.4 Healthcare quality 7.5 Health outcomes 7.6 Health system efficiency 8 Conclusions 9 Appendices 9.1 References 9.2 Useful websites 9.3 HiT methodology and production process 9.4 About the authors
Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of tables, figures and boxes Abstract Executive summary 1 Introduction 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status 2 Organization and governance 2.1 Historical background 2.2 Organization of the healthcare system 2.3 Decentralization and centralization 2.4 Planning 2.5 Intersectorality 2.6 Patient empowerment 2.7 Regulation 3 Financing 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue, financing and financial flows 3.3 Medicare 3.4 Medicaid 3.5 Private health insurance 3.6 Out-of-pocket payments 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4 Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5 Provision of services 5.1 Patient pathways 5.2 Public health 5.3 Outpatient services: primary care 5.4 Outpatient services: specialty care 5.5 Other outpatient services: ambulatory surgical, emergency and urgent care 5.6 Acute inpatient care 5.7 Dental care 5.8 Behavioural healthcare 5.9 Pharmaceutical care 5.10 Post-acute care: rehabilitation, intermittent home care and subacute care 5.11 Long-term care 5.12 Palliative care 5.13 Services from informal care-givers 5.14 Racial and ethnic minorities, low-income individuals, the uninsured and other vulnerable populations 6 Principal health reforms 6.1 History of US health reforms 6.2 The Affordable Care Act 6.3 The future of the ACA 7 Assessment of the health system 7.1 Health system governance 7.2 Accessibility 7.3 Financial protection 7.4 Healthcare quality 7.5 Health outcomes 7.6 Health system efficiency 8 Conclusions 9 Appendices 9.1 References 9.2 Useful websites 9.3 HiT methodology and production process 9.4 About the authors
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