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Health Care Policy Issues and Trends
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Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
ISBN: 0-275-97465-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97465-7
216 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2002
List Price: $36.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This book offers a systematic review of major issues and trends in health care policy, including those related to physical health and disease trends, mental and behavioral health concerns, reorganizing the U.S. health system, and managed care and health care personnel. Kronenfeld addresses the problems, challenges, issues and trends in the policies that determine the role and future of health care in the United States. Also covered are special populations, such as the elderly and children, reproductive health, and issues cost, quality, and access to care.

Health care policies affect all Americans. Managed care has been a major trend in the past decade's reorganization of the U.S. health care system, yet its future is uncertain. Despite unparalleled spending and the world's most technologically sophisticated health care, measure such as life expectancy and infant mortality rates indicate that the country's health outcomes may not be the best. Mental health and behavioral health problems are major impediments to quality of life for some Americans, and roughly 17% of the population under 65 does not have insurance coverage for necessary health care services. Despite calls for a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system, incremental reform is more likely than major, comprehensive reform.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Physical Health and Disease Trends
    Mental Health Concerns and Behavioral Health
    The Reorganizing U.S. Health Care System: Changing Institutions, Patterns of Care and Managed Care
    Health Care Personnel
    Health of Children and Youth
    Health of the Elderly and Long Term Care
    Reproductive Health Concerns and Abortion
    Costs of Health Care and Quality of Care
    Access to Health Care Services, the Uninsured, and Policies to Reform the U.S. Health Care System
    Index
About the Author: JENNIE JACOBS KRONENFELD is Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University.
LCC Class: 362
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