Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis / Gunnar Almgren.

By: Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Second EditionDescription: xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780826108876Subject(s): Medical policy -- United States | Medical policy -- United States -- History | Social justice -- United States | Delivery of Health Care -- United States | Health Services -- economics -- United States | Health Services -- history -- United States | Healthcare Disparities -- United States | Social Justice -- United States | Socioeconomic Factors -- United StatesDDC classification: 362.10973 LOC classification: RA395.A3 | A16NLM classification: W 84 AA1

Contents:

A primer on theories of social justice and defining the problem of health care -- The historical evolvement of the U.S. health care system -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care finance -- The contemporary organization of health care : health care services and utilization -- Long-term care of the aged and disabled -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social epidemiology : unraveling the social determinants of disparities in health -- Prospects for just health care system reform : a political and principled analysis.

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