Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management (Jossey Bass Aha Press Series)

600 Pages·2001·1.86 MB·English

by  Ronald M. Andersen

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Changing the U.S. Health Care System

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Changing the U.S.
Health Care System
Key Issues in Health Services,
Policy, and Management
Second Edition
Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice,
Gerald F. Kominski
Foreword by Abdelmonem A. Afifi
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Changing the U.S.health care system:key issues in health services,policy,and management/[edited by]
Ronald M.Andersen,Thomas H.Rice,Gerald F.Kominski.—2nd ed.
p.cm.— (Jossey-Bass health series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7879-5404-7 (hbk.:alk.paper)
1.Health care reform—United States.2.Medical policy—United States.3.Medical care—United
States.I.Andersen,Ronald.II.Rice,Thomas H.III.Kominski,Gerald F.IV.Series.
RA395.A3 C478 2001
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contributor to the first edition of this work and
preeminent scholar of health services systems
CONTENTS
Figures and Tables xiii
Foreword xvii
Abdelmonem A. Afifi
Acknowledgments xxi
The Authors xxiii
Introduction and Overview xxxiii
Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski
PART ONE: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE 1
1 Improving Access to Care in America: Individual and
Contextual Indicators 3
Ronald M. Andersen, Pamela L. Davidson
2 Public Policies to Extend Health Care Coverage 31
E. Richard Brown
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