| Preface | |
| 1 | Introduction: The Changing U.S. Health Care System | 1 |
| 2 | Paying for Health Care | 5 |
| 3 | Access to Health Care | 15 |
| 4 | Reimbursing Health Care Providers | 33 |
| 5 | Capitation Payment in Managed Care | 44 |
| 6 | How Health Care Is Organized - I | 53 |
| 7 | How Health Care Is Organized - II | 67 |
| 8 | Painful Versus Painless Cost Control | 78 |
| 9 | Mechanisms for Controlling Costs | 89 |
| 10 | Long-Term Care | 104 |
| 11 | The Prevention of Illness | 113 |
| 12 | The Quality of Health Care | 127 |
| 13 | Medical Ethics & the Rationing of Health Care | 144 |
| 14 | Health Care in Four Nations | 160 |
| 15 | National Health Insurance | 176 |
| 16 | Conflict & Change in U.S. Health Care | 185 |
| 17 | The Health Care Workforce | 195 |
| 18 | Conclusion: Tensions & Challenges | 206 |
| 19 | Questions & Discussion Topics | 209 |
| Index | 217 |
Format: Textbook Paperback, 3rd ed., 2
