includes index.

Part ONE
Overview of the Health Services System / 1
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Systems: The Organization of
Health Care in the United States 2
Chapter 2 Technology in the U.S. Health Care System 19
Chapter 3 Population and Disease Patterns and Trends 41
Part TWO
Financing and Structuring Health Care / 75
Chapter 4 Financing Health Systems 76
Chapter 5 Private Health Insurance and Managed Care 109
Part three
Providers of Health Services / 141
Chapter 6 Public Health: Joint Public-Private Responsibility in
an Era of New Threats 142
Chapter 7 Ambulatory Health Care Services and Organizations 160
Chapter 8 Hospitals and Health Systems 182
Chapter 9 The Continuum of Long-Term Care 198
Chapter 10 Mental and Behavioral Health Services 220
Part four
Nonfinancial Resources for Health Care / 245
Chapter 11 The Pharmaceutical Industry 246
Chapter 12 Health Care Professionals 266
Part five
Assessing and Regulating Health Services / 295
Chapter 13 Understanding Health Policy 296
Chapter 14 The Quality of Health Care 307
Chapter 15 Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Services 321
Chapter 16 The Future of Health Services 345
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Medical care -- United States.
Health services administration -- United States.
Health Services -- United States.