Healthcare in the United States: Clinical, Financial, and Operational Dimensions, 2nd Edition

Healthcare in the United States??offers a comprehensive examination of the US healthcare system and its development, addressing various challenges related to cost, access, and quality. Using straightforward descriptions, sidebars, case studies, and vignettes, the text illuminates the complex system's organizations, financing, and delivery models.\nThis second edition contains updated data throughout and explores the effect of the COVID-19 pandemicon many facets of the healthcare system, including long-term care, population health, and health information technology. It also includes the following new material:\nNew chapters on public health organizations, services, and challenges; the interplay between healthcare laws and ethics; and healthcare funding and financial management of healthcare organizationsExpanded discussions of post-acute care, mental health parity, and health disparities\nHealthcare in the United States??provides future healthcare administrators and clinicians with a thorough understanding of the multifaceted US healthcare system, as well as the conflicting assumptions and expectations that underpin the delivery of healthcare.\nHealthcare in the United States: Clinical, Financial, and Operational Dimensions, Second Edition 2nd Edition is written by Stephen L. Walston and published by AUPHA/HAP Book. ISBNs for Healthcare in the United States: Clinical, Financial, and Operational Dimensions, Second Edition are 9781640554665, 1640554661 and the print ISBNs are 9781640554641, 1640554645.