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SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY Jonas and Kovners Health Care Delivery in the United States by James R. Knickman Brian Elbel
This fully updated and revised 12th edition of the highly acclaimed textbook on health care delivery provides graduate and undergraduate students with a comprehensive survey of health care in the United States ranging in topics from the organization of care the politics surrounding healthcare in the United States to population health and vulnerable populations healthcare costs and value health care financing and health information technology. Chapters provide thorough coverage of the rapid changes that are reshaping our system and the extent of our nations achievement of health care value and the Triple Aim: better health and better care at a lower cost. With an emphasis on population health and public health this text includes a timely focus on how social and physical environments influence health outcomes. Prominent scholars practitioners and educators within public health population health health policy healthcare management medical care and nursing present the most up-to-date evidence-based information on social and behavioral determinants of health and health equity immigrant health healthcare workforce challenges preventative medicine innovative approaches to control health care costs initiatives to achieve high quality and value-based care and much more.Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of health care management and administration nursing and public health the text addresses all complex core issues surrounding our health care system and health policy such as the challenges to health care delivery the organization and politics of care and comparative health systems. Organized in a readable and accessible format contributors provide an in-depth and objective appraisal of why and how we organize health care the way we do the enormous impact of health-related behaviors on the structure function and cost of the health care delivery system and other emerging and recurrent issues in health policy healthcare management and public health. The 12th edition features the contributions of such luminaries as former editor Anthony R. Kovner Michael K. Gusmano Carolyn M. Clancy Marc N. Gourevitch Joanne Spetz James Morone Karen DeSalvo and Christy Harris Lemak among others. Chapters include audio chapter summaries with discussion of newsworthy topics learning objectives discussion questions case exercises and new charts and tables with concrete health care data. Included for instructors are an Instructors Manual PowerPoint slides Syllabus Test Bank Image Bank Supplemental e-chapter on a Visual Overview of Health Care Delivery access to an annual ACA update and health policy changes extra cases and syllabi specifically for nurses and a transition guide bridging the 11th and 12th editions.Key Features:Three completely revised chapters on the politics of health care vulnerable populations and health information technologyChapter authors with expertise in Health Administration and Management Public Health Health Policy Medical Care and NursingExpanded coverage on population health and population health management health equity influences of social determinants on health behavior and outcomes health education planning health workforce challenges national and regional quality improvement initiatives and moreRevised e-Chapters providing a Visual Overview of Health Care Delivery with image bank and Springer Publishings annual ACA updateAudio podcasts provide summaries for each chapter and provide real-world context of topics featured in the newsNew Appendix on Overview of U.S. Public Health AgenciesAccess to fully searchable eBook including extra e-chapters and student ancillaries on Springer ConnectFull Instructor Packet including Instructors Manual Test Bank PowerPoint slides Image Bank Case Exercises for Nursing Instructorsshow more