Hippocrates assailed : The American health delivery system

Hippocrates Assailed discusses the numerous changes in the American Health Care Delivery System during the past twenty years. Gerhard Falk points out that the changes resulting from the vast technological improvements in medicine, surgery, nursing, and dentistry have increased the gap between patien...

Fuld beskrivelse

Đã lưu trong:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Falk, Gerhard
Format: Bog
Sprog:Undetermined
Udgivet: Lanham, Md. University Press of America 1999
Fag:
Tags: Tilføj Tag
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Beskrivelse
Summary:Hippocrates Assailed discusses the numerous changes in the American Health Care Delivery System during the past twenty years. Gerhard Falk points out that the changes resulting from the vast technological improvements in medicine, surgery, nursing, and dentistry have increased the gap between patient expectations and the availability of health care. He explores the patients-rights movement, the role of government, and the financial issues in connection with the insurance industry. Falk focuses on the introduction of the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) as an instrument of health care rationing to constrain the rising cost of medical care.