Policy challenges in modern health care / edited by David Mechanic ... [et al.].

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Mechanic, David, 1936-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: ix, 276 p.
• Other title: 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 /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 0813535778 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0813535786 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Mechanic ... [et al.].