Almgren, Gunnar
Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis Gunnar Almgren - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, c2018. - xiii, 332 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
A primer on theories of social justice and defining the problem of health care -- Historical evolvement of the U.S. health care system -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care finance -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care services and utilization -- Long-term care of the aged and disabled -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social epidemiology : unraveling the social determinants of disparities in health -- Prospects for just health care system reform : a political and principled analysis.
Helps readers understand and critically assess the US health care system and policies. With a focus on the prevalence of disparities in health and health care, the book reviews the historical evolution and organisation of the American health care system.
9780826168979
2017031125
Delivery of Health Care
Healthcare Disparities
Health Services--economics
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Policy
Social Justice
362.10973 AL HE
Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis Gunnar Almgren - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, c2018. - xiii, 332 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
A primer on theories of social justice and defining the problem of health care -- Historical evolvement of the U.S. health care system -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care finance -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care services and utilization -- Long-term care of the aged and disabled -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social epidemiology : unraveling the social determinants of disparities in health -- Prospects for just health care system reform : a political and principled analysis.
Helps readers understand and critically assess the US health care system and policies. With a focus on the prevalence of disparities in health and health care, the book reviews the historical evolution and organisation of the American health care system.
9780826168979
2017031125
Delivery of Health Care
Healthcare Disparities
Health Services--economics
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Policy
Social Justice
362.10973 AL HE