Us Health Policy and Health Care Delivery - Doctors, Reformers, and Entrepreneurs

Informationen zum Autor Carl F. Ameringer is retired Professor of Health Policy and Politics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Klappentext Ameringer explains the development and current state of America's overspecialized, uncoordinated, and fragmented healthcare industry. Zusammenfassung Carl F. Ameringer's analysis of the relationship between health policy and healthcare delivery offers a fresh perspective on the current configuration of the US healthcare system! its historical roots! and its major differences with systems in other countries! particularly in the provision of primary and specialty care. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Health policy and health care delivery; 2. The scientific practitioner, 1870-1918; 3. Group medical practice and group insurance, 1919-1943; 4. The hospital as community health center, 1945-1965; 5. The turn to market competition, 1965-1995; 6. The emergence of corporate health systems, 1996-2015.

Product details

• Authors: Carl F. Ameringer, Carl F. (Virginia Commonwealth Universi Ameringer, Carl F. (Virginia Commonwealth University) Ameringer, Ameringer Carl F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107539846
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53984-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Central government policies