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  • EDITION:
    5th Edition
  • ISBN:
    0071496068
  • ISBN-13:
    9780071496063
  • PUB. DATE:
    August 2008
  • PUBLISHER:
    McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.
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Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition / Edition 5 by Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach

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Understanding Health Policy, Fifth Edition

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  • Pub. Date: August 2008
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.
  • Sales Rank: 68,777

Synopsis

Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most clinically applicable book available on the subject-and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable.

Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of health care, this edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance to access to healthcare.

About the Author:
Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

About the Author:
Kevin Grumbach, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Annals of Internal Medicine

This highly readable text gives a broad but detailed picture of how health care is organized and dispensed in the United States. It considers the problems of, and possible solutions for, cost control, long-term care, quality control, ethical issues, and insurance programs. Clinicians are likely to find the text attractive because of its supportive flowcharts and its frequent use of specific, concrete examples.

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Biography

Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD, is Adjunct Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Kevin Grumbach, MD, is Professor and Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.