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020			_a9781418012892
050			_aRA395.A3 _bIn8
245			_aIntroduction to health services _cedited by Stephen J. Williams, Paul R. Torrens
260			_a, Clifton Park, NY _bThomson Delmar Learning
300			_avii, 384 p. _b ill. (some col.) ; _c24 cm.
500			_aincludes index.
505			_a 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.
650			_aMedical care--United States
650			_aHealth services administration--United States
650			_aHealth Services--United States
700			_aWilliams, Stephen J. (Stephen Joseph),
710			_a1948-Torrens, Paul R. (Paul Roger), 1934-
711			_a1948-Torrens, Paul R. (Paul Roger), 1934-
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