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Introduction to U.S. health policy : the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America
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- Creator
- Donald A. Barr
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781421402178, 1421402173, 9781421402185, 1421402181
- OCLC
- ocn696713867
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-349) 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 increasing role of for-profit health care -- Pharmaceutical policy and the rising cost of prescription drugs -- Long-term care -- The uninsured -- Factors other than health insurance that impede access to health care -- Key policy issues for deciding the direction of health care reform