Health Care Delivery in the United StatesText for courses in public health, community health and medicine, nursing, and allied health fields offers an overview of current health care in the US. This updated edition presents new material on topics such as cost containment, ethical issues, management and governance, and comparative health systems. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Population Data for Health and Health Care | 31 |
With an Emphasis | 50 |
Copyright | |
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