000			01921pam a2200337 a 4500
003			CUTN
005			20181128152018.0
008			120208s2012 enka 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780071770521
020			_a0071770526
041			_aEnglish
082	0	4	_a362.109 _223 _bBOD
100	1		_aBodenheimer, Thomas.
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding health policy : _ba clinical approach / _cThomas S. Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach.
250			_a6th ed.
260			_aLondon : _bMcGraw-Hill, _c2012.
300			_avii, 231 pages. : _billustrations. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_aPrevious ed.: 2009.
500			_aFormerly CIP.
505			_t1. Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation _t2. Paying for Health Care _t3. Access to Health Care _t4. Reimbursing Health Care Providers _t5. How Health Care is Organized 1: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care _t6. How Health Care is Organized II: Health Delivery Systems _t7. The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Care Professionals _t8. Painful Versus Painless Cost Control _t9. Mechanisms for Controlling Costs _t10. Quality of Health Care _t11. Prevention of Illness _t12. Long-Term Cares _t13. Medical Ethics and Rationing of Health Care _t14. Healh Care in Four Nations _t15. Healh Care Reform and National Health Insurance _t16. Conflict and Change in America's Health Care System _t17. Conclusion: Tensions and Challenge
650		0	_aMedical care
650		0	_aMedical policy
700	1		_aGrumbach, Kevin.
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
500			_5Uk
520			_aThis text covers fundamental topics such as cost containment, health insurance, managed care and physician and hospital payment. Case histories bring to life important policy issues within the health care system and provide a clinical flavour.
650		0	_zUnited States.
650		0	_zUnited States.
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