History of the U.S. healthcare system -- Impact of the Affordable Care Act on healthcare services -- Current operations of the healthcare system -- Government's role in U.S. health care -- Public health's role in health care -- Inpatient and outpatient services -- U.S. healthcare workforce --...

Economics of health care -- Insurance and reimbursement -- Managed care and ACOs -- Measuring nursing care -- Reporting and managing budgets -- Budget planning -- Special purpose, capital, and other budgets -- Cost-finding, break-even, and charges -- Comparing costs and benefits -- Writing a...

The challenge of health care delivery and health policy -- Organization of care -- Government and health insurance : the policy process -- Comparative health systems -- Population health -- Public health : a transformation for the 21st century -- Health and behavior -- Vulnerable populations :...

Health and health care in America : an introduction -- The business side of health care -- The payment process : insurance and third-party payers -- The payment process : government payment programs -- Health care providers : physicians and nurses -- Other clinical and non-clinical health care...

India's healthcare industry : a system perspective / Lawton R. Burns -- Innovative responses to the healthcare challenges confronting India / Stephen M. Sammut -- India's healthcare industry : an overview of the value chain / Lawton R. Burns -- The medical profession in India / Ajay Bakshi,...