{"product_id":"us-health-policy-and-health-care-delivery-doctors-reformers-and-entrepreneurs-paperback-9781107539846","title":"US Health Policy and Health Care Delivery; Doctors, Reformers, and Entrepreneurs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107539846","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUS Health Policy and Health Care Delivery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDoctors, Reformers, and Entrepreneurs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmeringer explains the development and current state of America's overspecialized, uncoordinated, and fragmented healthcare industry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl F. Ameringer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107539846, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e188 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a compact, highly readable story of the jostling of interests, and Ameringer's book wrangles the unruly history of the U.S. healthcare system into a neater and more linear story.' Miriam J. Laugesen, Bulletin of the History of Medicine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe unique composition and configuration of doctors and hospitals in the US is leading to a crisis in primary care provision. There are significantly more specialists than generalists, and many community hospitals and outpatient facilities are concentrated in affluent areas with high rates of comprehensive insurance coverage. These particular features present difficult challenges to policymakers seeking to increase access to care. Carl F. Ameringer shows why the road to universal healthcare is not built on universal finance alone. Policymakers in other countries successfully align finance with delivery to achieve better access, lower costs, and improved population health. This book explains how the US healthcare system developed, and why efforts to expand insurance coverage in the absence of significant changes to delivery will fuel higher costs without achieving the desired results.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Health policy and health care delivery\u003cbr\u003e 2. The scientific practitioner, 1870–1918\u003cbr\u003e 3. Group medical practice and group insurance, 1919–1943\u003cbr\u003e 4. The hospital as community health center, 1945–1965\u003cbr\u003e 5. The turn to market competition, 1965–1995\u003cbr\u003e 6. The emergence of corporate health systems, 1996–2015.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medical \u0026amp; healthcare law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medical \u0026amp; healthcare law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medical%20\u0026amp;%20healthcare%20law%20%5BLNTM%5D%22\"\u003eLNTM\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265764675864,"sku":"9781107539846","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107539846i.jpg?v=1696755334","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/us-health-policy-and-health-care-delivery-doctors-reformers-and-entrepreneurs-paperback-9781107539846","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}