Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis /
Gunnar Almgren.
- Second Edition.
- xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Medical policy--United States. Medical policy--History.--United States 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 States.