TY - SER AU - Bodenheimer, Thomas S TI - Understanding health policy: a clinical approach / SN - 0071378154 SN - 1080-9465 U1 - WA 525 B666u 2002 PY - 1995///- CY - Norwalk, Conn. PB - Appleton & Lange KW - Medical policy KW - United States KW - Medical economics KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Policy KW - Health Services KW - fast N1 - Includes Index : p.217-222; Contents 1. Introduction: The Changing US Health Care System; 2. Paying for Health Care; 3. Access to Health Care; 4. Reimbursing Health Care Providers; 5. Capitation Payment in Managed Care; 6. How Health Care Is Organized - I; 7. How Health Care Is Organized - II; 8. Painful Versus Painless Cost Control; 9. Mechanisms for Controlling Costs; 10. Long-Term Care; 11. The Prevention of Illness; 12. The Quality of Health Care; 13. Medical Ethics & the Rationing of Health Care; 14. Health Care in Three Nations; 15. National Health Insurance; 16. Conflict & Change in U.S. Health Care 17. The Ascendance of Managed Care; 18. Conclusion: Tensions & Challenges; 19. Questions & Discussion Topics ER -