Health Care Politics and Policy in AmericaM.E. Sharpe, 1999 - 452 pages Fully updated in this new edition, Health Care Politics and Policy in America combines a historical overview of U.S. health policy and programs with analysis of current trends and reform efforts. The book This edition includes expanded discussion of equity issues and whether there is a "right" to health care, and a new chapter on the issue of medical liability. The concluding chapter brings the story of health care policy up to the end of the millennium, with particular attention to the managed care revolution and reaction to it. The book equips readers with the basic tools for drawing more informed judgments in the ongoing debate about health care policy in the United States. |
Contents
Health Care Politics | 1 |
Health Care Policy in the United States | 25 |
Health Care for the Poor | 55 |
4 Medicaids Share of Total Nursing | 58 |
3 Number of Medicaid Persons Served | 64 |
59 | 74 |
5 Medicaid Managed Care EnrollmentNational | 82 |
Health Care for the Elderly and Disabled | 95 |
Health Care Technology | 231 |
Reforming the System | 260 |
Revolution Rationing | 292 |
Managed Care | 304 |
Managed Care Backlash | 314 |
Conclusion | 338 |
Notes | 349 |
111 | 350 |
1 Trends in Medicare Enrollment | 98 |
5 Personal Health Expenditures 19701995 | 111 |
Falling through the Cracks | 133 |
Health Care Cost Containment | 162 |
Medical Malpractice and Medical Liability | 196 |
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