The health care system / Barbara Wexler.

Examines the state of the nation's health care system, the education and training of health care providers, and the various types of health care institutions. The ever increasing cost of health care, prevalence of insurance, mental health care, and a comparison of health care throughout the wor...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Access E-Book
Access Note:Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff.
Main Author: Wexler, Barbara.
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2013.
Series:Information Plus reference series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The U.S. Health care system
  • 2. Health care practitioners
  • 3. Health care institutions
  • 4. Researching, measuring, and monitoring the quality of health care
  • 5. The increasing cost of health care
  • 6. Insurance : those with and those without
  • 7. International comparisons of health care
  • 9. Change, challenges, and innovation in health care delivery
  • 9. Public opinion about the health care system.