The Settings for Health Care Delivery -- The People Who Provide Health Care -- Medicines, Devices, and Technology -- Government and the Health Care System -- Financing the Health Care System -- Health Care System Performance -- Debates That Have Structured Health Care System Change -- History of...

History of Health Insurance in the United States -- The Affordable Care Act -- A Summary of Insurance Coverage -- The Demand for Insurance -- Adverse Selection -- Underwriting and Rate Making -- Risk Adjustment -- Moral Hazard and Prices -- Utilization Management -- Managed Care, Selective...

Grundlegendes Wissen zu Strukturen, Institutionen und Finanzierung im Gesundheitssektor - aus volks- und einzelwirtschaftlicher Perspektive.Gemessen an der Anzahl der Beschäftigten ist das Gesundheitswesen der bedeutendste Wirtschaftsbereich in Deutschland. Er ist unter anderem geprägt von...

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 :...