Health Care in the United States: Organization, Management, and Policy

PREFACE

The chapters to follow have been written as a textbook in health care management and policy. The book may serve as an introduction to problems and issues in U.S. health care for people entering related professional fields. It is also intended for use by people already experienced in a particular aspect of management or policy for attaining perspective on the system as a whole. The book will have value far beyond the classroom. Every day, large numbers of Americans become newly interested in health care management and policy for a variety of reasons. The chapters to follow constitute an introductory resource for citizens, clinicians, and officials with an emerging interest in managing or changing the system.

For no reader will the material ...