Policy challenges in modern health care [electronic resource] /
edited by David Mechanic ... [et al.].
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.
- ix, 276 p.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Morality, politics, and health policy / James A. Morone -- Cross pressures / The employer-based health insurance system / Entrepreneurial challenges to integrated health care / Fundamental sources of health inequalities / A public health approach to firearms policy / Tobacco policy in the United States / Patterns and causes of disparities in health / Addressing racial inequality in health care / Still demanding medical excellence / Preventing medical errors / Improving quality through nursing / Improving medicare for beneficiaries with disabilities / Specialization, specialty organizations, and the quality of health care / Integrating people with mental illness into health insurance and social services / Accountability for reasonable limits to care / Theda Skocpol and Patricia Seliger Keenan -- Sherry A. Glied -- James C. Robinson -- Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan -- David Hemenway -- Kenneth E. Warner -- David R. Williams -- Sara Rosenbaum and Joel Teitelbaum -- Michael L. Millenson -- Lucian L. Leap -- Linda H. Aiken -- Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Rosemary A. Stevens -- Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire -- Norman Daniels.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Medical policy--United States. Health care reform--United States. Health services accessibility--United States.