Health Insurance and Public Policy : Risk, Allocation, and Equity

Miriam K. Mills

ISBN 10: 0313284652 / ISBN 13: 9780313284656

Editore: Praeger, 1992

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - One of the most urgent issues facing the United States today is how to establish a comprehensive health insurance program at a time when nearly one in seven Americans lack insurance and costs for health care and medical fees are increasing at about 20 percent annually. An interdisciplinary team of experts provides a unique overview of the most important current problems and speaks to the key questions of risk, allocation, and equity. This text is designed for college, university, and professional courses in health and medical policy, public policy, public administration, law and society, bioethics, nursing, science and technology, and hospital administration.This public policy study offers a general framework for assessing health insurance from many vantage points, in terms of health policy impacts, the care of the needy, health insurance implementation, and prevention and risk. Chapters assess various national health insurance proposals, current congressional action and Medicare decisions, the social impacts of health insurance policy, coverage for displaced workers, the uninsured and hospital care in the inner city, charity care and community benefits, insuring high-risk persons, preventive health care screening for older women, and medical malpractice insurance, among other subjects. These analyses with real-life examples provide a solid introduction to all who want to understand health insurance and public policy issues today.

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• Titolo: Health Insurance and Public Policy : Risk, Allocation, and Equity
• Editore: Praeger
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0313284652
• ISBN 13: 9780313284656
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 157 A x 19 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 19 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 562 grammi

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One of the most urgent issues facing the United States today is how to establish a comprehensive health insurance program at a time when nearly one in seven Americans lack insurance and costs for health care and medical fees are increasing at about 20 percent annually. An interdisciplinary team of experts provides a unique overview of the most important current problems and speaks to the key questions of risk, allocation, and equity. This text is designed for college, university, and professional courses in health and medical policy, public policy, public administration, law and society, bioethics, nursing, science and technology, and hospital administration.

This public policy study offers a general framework for assessing health insurance from many vantage points, in terms of health policy impacts, the care of the needy, health insurance implementation, and prevention and risk. Chapters assess various national health insurance proposals, current congressional action and Medicare decisions, the social impacts of health insurance policy, coverage for displaced workers, the uninsured and hospital care in the inner city, charity care and community benefits, insuring high-risk persons, preventive health care screening for older women, and medical malpractice insurance, among other subjects. These analyses with real-life examples provide a solid introduction to all who want to understand health insurance and public policy issues today.

Informazioni sugli autori

MIRIAM K. MILLS was Professor of Organizational Science at The New Jersey Institute of Technology, until her death in March 1992. A prolific writer, she co-authored Multi-Criteria Methods in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Greenwood, 1990), and co-edited Biomedical Technology and Public Policy with Robert H. Blank (Greenwood, 1989).

ROBERT H. BLANK is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Program for Biosocial Research at Northern Illinois University and at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His recent books include The Political Implications of Human Genetic Technology,

defining Human Life: Reproductive Technologies and Social Policy (1983)

tioning Medicine (1989)

fe, Death, and Public Policy (1988), and Regulating Reproduction.

MIRIAM K. MILLS was Professor of Organizational Science at The New Jersey Institute of Technology, until her death in March 1992. A prolific writer, she co-authored Multi-Criteria Methods in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Greenwood, 1990), and co-edited Biomedical Technology and Public Policy with Robert H. Blank (Greenwood, 1989).

ROBERT H. BLANK is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Program for Biosocial Research at Northern Illinois University and at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His recent books include The Political Implications of Human Genetic Technology,

defining Human Life: Reproductive Technologies and Social Policy (1983)

tioning Medicine (1989)

fe, Death, and Public Policy (1988), and Regulating Reproduction.