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Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis

By: Almgren, Gunnar
Material type: BookPublisher: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, c2018.Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xiii, 332 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780826168979Subject(s): Delivery of Health Care | Healthcare Disparities | Health Services -- economics | Socioeconomic Factors | Health Policy | Social JusticeDDC classification: 362.10973 AL HE Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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362.10973 AL HE (Browse shelf) Available T0058575
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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