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.
By: Barr, Donald A [author.].
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016Edition: Fourth edition/Johns Hopkins edition.Description: xvii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421420714 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781421420721 (pbk. : alk. paper).Other title: Introduction to United States health policy.Subject(s): United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Medical policy -- United States | Health planning -- United States | Medicine -- United States | Delivery of Health Care | Health Policy | Health Care Reform | Health Planning | Financing, Government | Economics, Medical | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA393 .B335 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009306 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-426) and index.
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.