Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management

by Ronald M. Andersen, Thomas H. Rice, Gerald F. Kominski

Explore in-depth the possibilities for public health and policy reform. The second edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of the most current thought on three key components of health care policy-improving access, controlling costs, and ensuring quality. Written by a stellar panel of experts in the field of health care policy, this second edition highlights the most recent research relevant to health policy issues. This valuable resource also includes analyses of current health care policy challenges and presents a wide-range of viable solutions. In addition, the book contains an overview of the opportunities in the growing fields of public health and health policy.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book covers the major forces directing the development of health care in the U.S. and explains where each force or trend excels or falls short of their goals. The authors do an excellent job of substantiating their claims with evidence without presenting the information with a political slant. I think the worst of the potential bias I encountered was calling anyone who wanted to curtail the expansion of public health departments as "the uninitiated few".