Health and Health Care 2010 - The Forecast, the Challenge

Klappentext Health and Health Care 2010, Second Edition, offers well-researched coverage of health insurance, managed care, health care providers, the health workforce, medical technologies, information technologies, consumerism, public health services, mental health, child health, health of the elderly, chronic care, and health behaviors, and more. Each of the volume's topics starts with historical background leading into the contemporary setting and is followed with predicted short-term developments and forecasts reaching to the year 2010. Acknowledging the difficulty of long-term predictions, even by experts, the projections are cast as "stormy," "long and winding," or "sunny." Zusammenfassung Offers researched coverage of health insurance! managed care! health care providers! the health workforce! medical technologies! information technologies! consumerism! public health services! mental health! child health! health of the elderly! chronic care! and health behaviors! and more.

Product details

• Authors: Institute for the Future, Inst for Future, Institute for the Future
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2003
• EAN: 9780787959746
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-5974-6
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, 21st Century, Social forecasting, future studies, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Health systems & services, Health systems and services