An examination off the factors that affect the measures and approaches to address health care issues in the United States, primarily that of rising costs leading to the subsequent financial impact on providers and recipients, impacts on access to and quality of services, and health disparities...

Changing the U.S. health care system: the patient protection and affordable care act -- Improving access to care in America -- Ethnic disparities in health status -- Racial and ethnic disparities in health care -- Multilevel social determinants of health -- Public policies to extend health care...