Introduction -- Health care workforce -- Hospitals and other health care institutions -- Primary and ambulatory care -- Government and the health care system -- Financing -- Health care system performance -- From prepaid group medical practice to managed care -- Health care reform
Summary
This bestselling text is a concise and balanced classic presenting the domestic health care system. It explains the five major components of the U.S. health care system: 1. health care institutions (hospitals and nursing homes)2. health care personnel (physicians, nurses, and others)3. financing mechanisms4. research and educational institutions that produce biomedical knowledge and health personnel5. firms producing "health commodities" (such as pharmaceutical drugs and hospital equipment)
