Introduction to Health ServicesStephen Joseph Williams, Paul Roger Torrens The new edition of this successful health services text employs an analytical approach and framework to discuss the history and current practices of the US health care system. It includes new material which focuses on recent developments such as new systems of health care, the competitive health care marketplace, financing services, long-term health care and authorities in their respective fields. Chapters fall into five sections: overview of the health services system, causes and characteristics of health services use in the United States, providers of health services, resources for health services, assessing and regulating system performance, and health care policies and practice. |
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Historical Evolution and Overview of Health Services in the United | 3 |
PART | 33 |
Indicators and Predictors of Health Services Utilization | 51 |
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