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Understanding Health Policy (Lange)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362
EAN: 9780071423113
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0071423117
Label: McGraw-Hill Medical
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknownEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 388
Publication Date: December 01, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Studio: McGraw-Hill Medical
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Editorial Review:"This highly readable text gives a broad but detailed picture of how health care is organized and dispensed in the United States." -Annals of Internal Medicine, on the First Edition The #1 text on health policy, this well-known book provides a short introduction to U.S. health care policy by two leading experts who are themselves practicing physicians. The Fourth Edition features the latest information on cost containment, health insurance, managed care, hospital payment, and the new two-tier model of physician reimbursement.
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This was a required reading, and well worth it. It helped to clarify many ideas on health policy and the difficulties of each veiwpoint. Great summary on other types of healthcare systems around the world. I'm keeping this as a board review/reference book for myself.
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I am reading this book for a course I am currently taking. While there is a good deal to be learned in terms of information, you have to be careful to separate the authors' opinions from facts practically throughout. The authors are at least kind enough to warn the reader at the outset that they "believe that health care should be a right enjoyed equally by everyone". In Chapter 13, which is on ethics, they advocate the idea of "distributive justice". The authors use many "vignettes" throughout ... Read More
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I teach healthcare policy and am currently using this text. It does a great job covering the important issues. It's quite readable, as a new edition very topical and, through the use of vignettes, humanizes the consequences of policy decisions. It also has questions keyed to each chapter for assignment use. It is not an academic text and I am supplementing with articles (many of which can be found in the excellent references section following the chapters) as well as articles from news sources. Recommend ... Read More
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An excellent explanation of the current status of the American health care issues. Up to date data is an extra.
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Very concise overview of health policy, which makes it a perfect read for the many US med students who are only interested in a superficial understanding of complex social processes.
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