Author: | Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, Karen Goldsteen, PhD, MPH, Benjamin Goldsteen, MBA | ISBN: | 9780826131751 |
Publisher: | Springer Publishing Company | Publication: | June 28, 2016 |
Imprint: | Springer Publishing Company | Language: | English |
Author: | Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, Karen Goldsteen, PhD, MPH, Benjamin Goldsteen, MBA |
ISBN: | 9780826131751 |
Publisher: | Springer Publishing Company |
Publication: | June 28, 2016 |
Imprint: | Springer Publishing Company |
Language: | English |
The eighth edition of this best-selling text, valued for its concise and balanced introduction to the U.S. health care system, is entirely updated to reflect alterations to health care services, delivery, and financing resulting from the Affordable Care Act. The text describes how our health care system currently functions, the key forces that led to it structure, and the influences likely to shape the industry during the next five to ten years. With an emphasis on policy development, the authors underscore the fluidity of the system and examine the debates and conflicts that have structured health care changes and influenced American values and belief systems. Other new areas of focus include an assessment of who uses health care and in what way, health care trends, and a forecast for the health care system of the future.
The eighth edition of this best-selling text, valued for its concise and balanced introduction to the U.S. health care system, is entirely updated to reflect alterations to health care services, delivery, and financing resulting from the Affordable Care Act. The text describes how our health care system currently functions, the key forces that led to it structure, and the influences likely to shape the industry during the next five to ten years. With an emphasis on policy development, the authors underscore the fluidity of the system and examine the debates and conflicts that have structured health care changes and influenced American values and belief systems. Other new areas of focus include an assessment of who uses health care and in what way, health care trends, and a forecast for the health care system of the future.