An engaging and clinically applicable work on the principles and structure of the U.S. healthcare system A Doody's Core Title for 2011! "Eminently readable...Anyone wanting to gain insight into the forces that shaping health policy and the future of health care will appreciate this book."--Critical Care Nurse Magazine Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable. Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare. Everything you need to understand how the healthcare system works - and your role in it: <ul>
<li> Clinical vignettes in every chapter illustrate key points </li>
<li> Detailed treatment of both U.S. and international issues </li>
<li> A complete chapter of review questions </li>
<li> NEW Expanded coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians </li>
<li> NEW Closer scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry </li>
<li> NEW Brand-new chapter on the medical education system</li>
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Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition (LANGE Clinical Medicine)

Medical Books

Bodenheimer, Thomas

Grumbach, Kevin

Administration & Medicine Economics

McGraw-Hill Medical

Understand how the healthcare system works – and how you can succeed in it
Covers the 2010 Affordable Care Act
A Doody's Core Title for 2015!
The most trusted and comprehensive guide to healthcare available, Understanding Health Policy provides everything students and professionals need to build a solid foundation on the field’s most critical issues.
Expert practitioners in both the public and private healthcare sectors, the authors cover the entire scope of our healthcare system―from the concepts behind policy decisions to concrete examples of how they affect patients and professionals alike. Understanding Health Policy, 6e makes otherwise difficult concepts easy to understand―so you can make better decisions, improve outcomes, and enact positive change on a daily basis.
Features:
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<li>Coverage of structure, organization, and financing of the health care system</li>
<li>Key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples are skillfully interwoven in each chapter to make important issues interesting and understandable </li>
<li>Clinical vignettes clarify difficult concepts and demonstrate how they apply to real-world situations </li>
<li>Comprehensive list of review questions reinforce what you have learned</li>
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Understanding Health Policy, 6e will help you develop a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about health care in the United States, its problems, and the alternatives for managing and solving these problems.

Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach

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