Research Catalog

Title

Jonas and Kovner's health care delivery in the United States / Anthony R. Kovner, James R. Knickman, editors ; Steven Jonas, founding editor.

Publication

New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Kovner, Anthony R.
• Knickman, James.
• Jonas, Steven.

Description

xxxii, 583 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 27 cm

Summary

"How do we understand and assess the health care sector of our economy? Where and how is health care provided? How well does the health care system perform? Where is the health care sector going in terms of the health of the people, the cost of care, access to care, and quality of care? And, what else do we need to know to answer the four previous questions?" "The 9th edition of this textbook - the first and still the best in the field - provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive answers available to these and other core questions. Anthony R. Kovner and James R. Knickman have commissioned leading thinkers and practitioners to examine how medical knowledge creates new health care services. They also discuss emerging and recurrent issues from wide perspectives of health policy and public health."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States.

Alternative Title

Health care delivery in the United States

Subject

• Medical care > United States
• Delivery of Health Care
• Health Policy
• Health Services
• Quality of Health Care
• United States

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States. 8th ed. c2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Perspectives -- 1. Overiew : the state of health care delivery in the United States / James R. Knickman and Anthony R. Kovner -- 2. Measuring health status / Mary Ann Chiasson and Steven Jonas -- 3. Financing health care / Kelly A. Hunt and James R. Knickman -- 4. Public health : policy, practice, and perceptions / Laura C. Leviton, Scott D. Rhodes and Carol S. Chang -- 5. The role of government in U.S. health care / Michael S. Sparer -- 6. Comparative analysis of health systems among wealthy nations / Victor G. Rodwin -- Pt. II. Providing health care -- 7. Acute care / Marc N. Gourevitch, Carol A. Caronna and Gary Kalkut -- 8. Chronic care / Gerard Anderson and James R. Knickman -- 9. Long-term care / Penny Hollander Feldman, Pamela Nadash and Michal D. Gursen -- 10. Health-related behavior / C. Tracy Orleans and Elaine F. Cassidy -- 11. Pharmaceuticals / Victoria A. Wicks, Robin J. Strongin and Ron Geigle -- 12. The health care workforce / Carol S. Brewer and Thomas C. Rosenthal -- 13. Information management / Roger Kropf -- Pt. III. System performance -- 14. Governance, management, and accountability / Anthony R. Kovner -- 15. The complexity of health care quality / Douglas S. Wakefield and Bonnie J. Wakefield -- 16. Access to care / John Billings and Joel C. Cantor -- 17. Costs and value / Steven A. Finkler and Thomas E. Getzen -- Pt. IV. The future -- 18. The future of health care delivery in the United States / James R. Knickman and Anthony R. Kovner -- Pt. V. Appendices -- App. A. Glossary / Anthony R. Kovner -- App. B. A guide to sources of data / Jennifer A. Nelson and Mary Ann Chiasson -- App. C. Useful health care Web sites / Kelli Hurdle.

ISBN

• 9780826120960 (hard cover : alk. paper)
• 0826120962 (hard cover : alk. paper)
• 9780826120984 (soft cover : alk. paper)
• 0826120989 (soft cover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007043637

OCLC

• ocn176925209
• 176925209
• SCSB-8971152

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries