Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach, Second Edition - Softcover

Leiyu Shi; Douglas A. Singh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763724939 ISBN 13: 9780763724931

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub, 2002

Synopsis

Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD. Overview of the U.S. health services system, including history, structure, services offered, impact on costs and quality, and future direction. Each chapter begins with a reprinted article, includes a lengthy discussion, and ends with terminology and review questions. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Leiyu Shi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved Populations. Dr. Shi's research focuses on primary care, health disparities, and vulnerable populations. He has conducted extensive studies about the association between primary care and health outcomes, particularly on the role of primary care in mediating the adverse impact of income inequality on health outcomes. Dr. Shi is also well known for his extensive research on the nation's vulnerable populations, in particular community health centers that serve vulnerable populations, including their sustainability, provider recruitment and retention experiences, financial performance, experience under managed care, and quality of care. Dr. Shi is the author of three textbooks and nearly 100 journal articles.

Review:

"...very interesting and informative to those in the health care "system" of America...worth adding to your library."(AAMA Executive -- Journal of the American Academy of Medical Administrators) -- AAMA Executive (journal of the American Academ

"Let me begin by saying that I liked this book very much...will be well received within the academic community." -- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, June 7, 2001

For anyone returning to the U.S. to practice in health care, this book provides the missing evolutionary pieces that "time away" may have created." -- Hanrahan, Susan, PT, PhD, Physical Therapy, March 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0763724939
• ISBN 13: 9780763724931
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 634