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" Introduction to US health policy : "
Donald A. Barr, MD, Phd, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
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845465
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Barr, Donald A.
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Introduction to US health policy : : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America /\ Donald A. Barr, MD, Phd, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
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Fourth edition/Johns Hopkins edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2016.
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xvii, 431 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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1421420716
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: 1421420724
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: 9781421420714
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: 9781421420721
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1421420732
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9781421420738
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-426) and index.
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| Contents
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The Affordable Care Act and the politics of health care reform -- Health, health care, and the market economy -- Health care as a reflection of underlying cultural values and institutions -- The health professions and the organization of health care -- Health insurance, HMOs, and the managed care revolution -- Medicare -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- The uninsured -- The increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues impacting the direction of health care reform -- Epilogue/prologue to health care reform in America.
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"Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and political contexts in which it developed and the core policy issues that continue to confront us today. Barr's comprehensive analysis explores the various organizations and institutions that make the US health care system work--or fail to work. He describes in detail the paradox of US health care--simultaneously the best in the world and one of the worst among developed countries--while introducing readers to broad cultural issues surrounding health care policy, such as access, affordability, and quality. Barr also discusses specific elements of US health care with depth and nuance, including insurance, especially Medicare and Medicaid. He scrutinizes the shift to for-profit managed care while analyzing the pharmaceutical industry, issues surrounding long-term care, the plight of the uninsured, the prevalence of medical errors, and the troublesome issue of nursing shortages.The thoroughly updated edition of this widely adopted text focuses on the Affordable Care Act. It explains the steps taken to carry out the Act, the changes to the Act based on recent Supreme Court decisions, the success of the Act in achieving the combined goals of improved access to care and constraining the costs of care, and the continuing political controversy regarding its future. Drawing on an extensive range of resources, including government reports, scholarly publications, and analyses from a range of private organizations, Introduction to US Health Policy provides scholars, policymakers, and health care providers with a comprehensive platform of ideas that is key to understanding and influencing the changes in the US health care system"--Book cover
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United States, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Health planning-- United States.
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Medical policy-- United States.
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Medicine-- United States.
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Gesundheitspolitik
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Health planning.
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Medical policy.
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Medicine.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Economics, Medical.
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Financing, Government.
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Health Care Reform.
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Health Planning.
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Health Policy.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (U.S.).
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United States.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA
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| Dewey Classification
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362.10973
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RA393.B335 2016
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W 84 AA1B268i 2016
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2016 H-961
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W 84 AA1
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Introduction to United States health policy
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: Organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America
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