Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management

Since the first edition was published in 1996, Changing the U.S. Health Care System has provided a comprehensive, single-source account of the issues of most concern to health care policy and management students, health services researchers and policy analysts, health care managers, practitioners, and providers. The fourth edition of Changing the U.S. Health Care System is a thoroughly revised and updated compendium of evidence-based views of the most important current issues in the field. Written by a panel of health care policy experts, this new edition highlights access to health care, cost of health care, quality of health care, special populations, and directions for change. This resource also offers deep coverage of health reform and its impact on all areas and regions of health services. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who integrate evidence to explain the current condition and present support for needed change in our health care system.

Figures And Tables Foreword To The Third Edition Foreword To The Fourth Edition Editor Bio Contributor Bios Introduction Acknowledgments Part One: Access To Health Care Chapter 1 Changing The U.S. Health Care System: The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Chapter 2 Improving Access To Care In America Chapter 3 Ethnic Disparities In Health Status Chapter 4 Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Care Chapter 5 Multilevel Social Determinants Of Health Chapter 6 Public Policies To Extend Health Care Coverage Chapter 7 Private Health Insurance Part Two: Costs Of Health Care Chapter 8 Measuring Health Care Costs And Trends Chapter 9 Containing Health Care Costs Chapter 10 Promoting Pharmaceutical Access While Controlling Prices And Expenditures Part Three: Quality Of Health Care Chapter 11 Measuring Health–Related Quality Of Life And Other Outcomes Chapter 12 Evaluating The Quality Of Care Chapter 13 Public Release Of Information On Quality Chapter 14 Health Care Information Systems Chapter 15 Performance Measurement Of Nursing Care Part Four: Special Populations Chapter 16 Long–Term Services And Supports For The Elderly Population Chapter 17 HIV And Aids In The Twenty–First Century Chapter 18 Health Reform For Children And Families Chapter 19 Homeless Persons Part Five: Directions For Change Chapter 20 Changing The Us Health Care Delivery System Chapter 21 Medicare Reform Chapter 22 Public Health And Clinical Care Chapter 23 Strengthening The Safety Net Chapter 24 Ethical Issues In Public Health And Health Services Index

Gerald F. Kominski, PhD, is professor, Department of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and director of UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He is co-developer of the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) model currently being used to estimate eligibility and enrollment in health insurance exchanges in California and Hawaii.