Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States

by James R. Knickman (Editor), Anthony R. Kovner (Editor)

“Health care managers, practitioners, and students must both operate as effectively as they can within the daunting and continually evolving system at hand and identify opportunities for reform advances… Health Care Delivery in the United States has been an indispensable companion to those preparing to manage this balance. The present edition demonstrates once again why this volume has come to be so prized. It takes the long view – charting recent developments in health policy, and putting them side-by-side with descriptions and analysis of existing programs in the United States and abroad.”

—Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean and Professor of Public Service, NYU Wagner, From the Foreword

This fully updated and revised 11th edition of a highly esteemed survey and analysis of health care delivery in the United States keeps pace with the rapid changes that are reshaping our system. Fundamentally, this new edition presents the realities that impact our nation’s achievement of the so-called Triple Aim: better health and better care at a lower cost. It addresses challenges and responses to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the implementation of Obamacare, and many new models of care designed to replace outmoded systems. Leading scholars, practitioners, and educators within population health and medical care present the most up-to-date evidence-based information on health disparities, vulnerable populations, and immigrant health; nursing workforce challenges; new information technology; preventive medicine; emerging approaches to control health care costs; and much more.

Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of health care management and administration and public health, the text addresses all of the complex core issues surrounding our health care system in a strikingly readable and accessible format. Contributors provide an in-depth and objective appraisal of why and how we organize health care the way we do, the enormous impact of health-related behaviors on the structure, function, and cost of the health care delivery system, and other emerging and recurrent issues in health policy, health care management, and public health. The 11th edition features the writings of such luminaries as Michael K. Gusmano, Carolyn M. Clancy, Joanne Spetz, Nirav R. Shah, Michael S. Sparer, and Christy Harris Lemak, among others. Chapters include key words, learning objectives and competencies, discussion questions, case studies, and new charts and tables with concrete health care data. Included for instructors is an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, Syllabus, Test Bank, Image Bank, Supplemental e-chapter on the ACA, and a transition guide bridging the 10th and 11th editions.

Key Features:

Integration of the ACA throughout the text, including a supplementary e-chapter devoted to this major health care policy innovation
The implementation of Obamacare
Combines acute and chronic care into organizations of medical care
Nursing workforce challenges
Health disparities, vulnerable populations, and immigrant health
Strategies to achieve the Triple Aim (better health and better care at lower cost)
New models of care including accountable care organizations (ACOs), patient homes, health exchanges, and integrated health systems
Emerging societal efforts toward creating healthy environments and illness prevention
Increasing incentives for efficiency and better qu

Genres: Textbooks, Health Care, Nonfiction

416 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I learned more than I thought from this class...because of this book not because of the class. Health and policy is just such a broad topic, that's why you can get an MPH. It is too much for one class or one book to give more than an overview.

[Ulyana Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I was actually impressed with the amount of work that was placed in this book. Great work on connecting with the audience and the structure was easy to follow. Information was up to date and gives multiple points of views through fantastic examples and facts. Thank you for the educational information, Jonas and Kovner! This was a book I enjoyed reading for Health Care Seminar course.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good text. Dry.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a textbook really good lots of information

[Josh Eiler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well designed. Well organized. Comprehensive and impartial. A careful balance in academic writing.

[Peter J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative, but nauseatingly rife with Obamacare sycophancy. Hard to believe the authors objective, when so gushing about it; Chelsea Clinton even co-authoring a chapter.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note that this is a textbook, and the rating should not be compared to my ratings on books written for entertainment.

Clear and concise text with well organized ideas and progression. Information is presented in different formats including graphs, charts, and well defined section headings. Scanning for specific information within a chapter is easy.
-1 star for feeling out of date (10th edition, read in April/May 2013)

Average personal reading time without needing a break: 90 minutes

[Patrick Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

An informative look at the state of the health care system in the USA. Unfortunately, since it is such a changing field I expect this to be outdated in a year or less. If you have questions on how hospitals, physician practices, insurance companies, or government services operates this is a good first stop. The writing can by necessarily dry and full of acronyms but the topics are covered with great detail.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a required textbook for my Public Health Policy class. The chapters were interesting and well-written. The topics covered were timely and thorough. The text size was highly readable and the graphics enhanced the text. This was one the best formated textbooks I have read during my BSN program.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very great, concise description of the US healthcare system.

[Risa · Rating 5 out of 5]

the only non-fiction entry in my list of 'best books i've ever read'.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book in US healh care

[JE Beuler · Rating 3 out of 5]

great text book for nursing school.