Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Exhibits -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- Part One Overview of Health Care Service Delivery -- Chapter 1 An Overview of Health Care Delivery in the United States -- Health Care Costs -- Health Care Access -- Health Levels and Outcomes -- Health Care Quality -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 The Forces of Change in Health Care -- Consequences of Forty Years of Health Care Cost Escalation -- Health Care Reform -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Part Two The Major Players in Health Care Services -- Chapter 3 Providers of Health Care Services -- Primary Care Physicians and Primary Care Assistants -- Specialty Care Providers -- Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants -- Mental Health Care Providers -- Nurses -- Radiologic and Imaging Professionals -- Allied Health Rehabilitation Professionals -- Collaboration in Health Care -- Employment Trends in the Health Care Sector -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4 Hospitals -- History of Hospitals -- Management of Hospitals -- Quality and Safety in Hospitals -- Magnet Recognition Program -- Challenges and the Future -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5 Ambulatory Care Services -- History of Ambulatory Care Services -- Reasons for the Expansion of Ambulatory Care -- Hospital-Based Ambulatory Care -- Non-Hospital-Based Ambulatory Care -- Primary Care Management -- Home Health Care Services -- Hospice Services -- Quality Assurance in Ambulatory Care -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6 Health Insurance and Payment for Health Care Services -- Basics of U.S. Health Insurance -- History of Health Insurance -- How Health Insurance Markets Work -- Health Insurance Providers -- Reimbursement for Health Care Providers.

Why Health Insurance Is Such a Huge Problem in the United States -- Creative Destruction of Health Insurance -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 7 Managed Care -- Concepts of Managed Health Care -- History of Managed Health Care -- Types of Managed Care Plans -- Managed Care Utilization Control -- Managed Care Quality Issues -- Managed Care and Prevention of Disease -- Comparative Effectiveness Research -- Future of Managed Health Care -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 8 Long-Term Care -- The Aging of Americans -- History of Long-Term Care -- Organization of Long-Term Care -- Payment for Long-Term Care Services -- Chronic Diseases and Their Complications -- Challenges for Long-Term Care in the Future -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 9 Mental Health Care -- History of Mental Health -- The Role of Stress -- Types of Mental Illnesses -- Mental Health Care Providers -- Mental Health Parity -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 10 Public Health Services -- History of Public Health -- Structure of Public Health Departments -- Determinants of Health -- Core Functions of Public Health -- Epidemiology and Public Health -- Population-Based Health -- Public Health Leadership -- Future of Public Health -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Part Three Challenges in Health Care Delivery -- Chapter 11 The Pursuit of Quality Care -- Origins of the Quality Movement -- IOM Report on Medical Errors -- IOM Report on the Quality Chasm -- Quality Improvement Strategies -- Medical Errors -- Health Care-Associated Infections -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 12 The Chronic Disease Epidemic -- Chronic Diseases and Their Complications -- Costs of Chronic Diseases -- Chronic Disease Prevention and Behavioral Changes -- Applying Business and Other Models to Chronic Disease Prevention -- Summary -- Discussion Questions.

Chapter 13 Leadership Solutions to Health Care Problems -- Health Care Reform Beyond the ACA -- Reengineering the Health Care Sector -- Understanding Power in the Health Care Sector -- Changing the Health Care Environment -- How Leaders Can Meet These Challenges -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 14 Integrating Clinical Services and Community Prevention: The Community-Centered Health Home Model -- History of Clinical Services and Community Prevention Integration -- Elements of the Community-Centered Health Home -- Capacities Needed for Effective Implementation -- Overarching Systems Change Recommendations -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 15 A Look into the Future -- Major Challenges Facing Health Care Delivery -- Areas of Future Concern -- How to Meet These Challenges -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Case Study 1 Innovation in Physician Leadership Education -- Case Study 2 Using Marketing Tools to Increase Early Referrals of Children With Developmental and Behavioral Disorders -- Case Study 3 Fall Reduction at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center -- Case Study 4 The VA Reinvents Itself -- Index -- EULA.

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