Description
Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System, 6th Edition (Shi & Singh)
American health care is famously difficult to explain: a patchwork of public programmes, private insurers, employer plans and safety-net providers that developed piecemeal over a century. This textbook exists to make that patchwork legible. Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh take the material from their comprehensive graduate text and rebuild it for undergraduates and newcomers, keeping the structure and dropping the depth that only specialists need.
What the Book Covers
- Foundations — the historical development of U.S. health care and the beliefs and values that shaped it.
- System components — health services professionals, medical technology, and the facilities that deliver inpatient and outpatient care.
- Financing and insurance — how money moves through the system, and how private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid fit together.
- Access and vulnerable populations — who the system reaches and who it misses.
- Managed care, long-term care and cost containment.
- Health policy and the future of the system, including the prospects for reform.
Updated for the Sixth Edition
- New data throughout — every table, chart and figure rebuilt on the latest available statistics.
- New sections on the direction of health care reform under the current policy environment.
- Revised discussion of financing and delivery in light of recent structural change.
Who It Is For
- Undergraduate students in health administration, public health, nursing and allied health.
- Professionals entering health care from another sector who need the map before the detail.
- Anyone preparing for graduate study in health policy or health services administration.
Book Details
- Title: Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System
- Authors: Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh
- Edition: Sixth Edition
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Publication date: August 1, 2022
- Format: Paperback, 390 pages
- ISBN-13: 978-1284235104
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