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Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Donald A. Barr
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Description for Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
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Health care reform has dominated public discourse over the past several years, and the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act, rather than quell the rhetoric, has sparked even more debate. Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and political contexts in which it developed and the core policy issues that continue to confront us today. This comprehensive analysis introduces the various organizations and institutions that make the U.S. health care system work-or fail to work, as the case may be. A principal message of the book is the seeming paradox ... Read more
Health care reform has dominated public discourse over the past several years, and the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act, rather than quell the rhetoric, has sparked even more debate. Donald A. Barr reviews the current structure of the American health care system, describing the historical and political contexts in which it developed and the core policy issues that continue to confront us today. This comprehensive analysis introduces the various organizations and institutions that make the U.S. health care system work-or fail to work, as the case may be. A principal message of the book is the seeming paradox ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421402178
SKU
V9781421402178
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99-16
About Donald A. Barr
Donald A. Barr, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor at Stanford University in the Department of Pediatrics. He is the author of Questioning the Premedical Paradigm: Enhancing Diversity in the Medical Profession a Century after the Flexner Report and Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health, both also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
"This book stands out for its emphasis on the historical roots of modern health care institutions... Barr's new book has much to recommend it." (JAMA) "A lucid and informative overview of the U.S. health system and the dilemmas policy makers currently face... Even those knowledgeable about the U.S. health care system are likely to find much to stimulate their thinking." ... Read more