Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fifth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied. Thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition explores the key health policy and legal changes brought about by the Biden Administration and the presently Democrat-controlled Congress. It also addresses the Covid-19 pandemic, and its many devastating and intertwined health, economic, and social consequences. New chapters provide an overview of Public Health and explain Public Health Emergency Preparedness.Updated figures, tables, statistics, and discussion questionsNew textbox icons identify discussion questions, special topics and, technical spotlights to help faculty pick and choose the appropriate contentNew or updated content in the areas of national and state health reform, the healthcare delivery and public health systems, the policymaking process, the ACA's effect on Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP, individual rights in health care, structural and social drivers of health, and more.New concluding chapter on Health Advocacy teaches readers the art and skill of advocacy.Fully updated Interactive timeline incorporated into the eBook Undergraduate and graduate courses in Health Policy in Public Health, Health Administration, Nursing, Medicine, and Public Policy. © 2023 | 350 pages
Author: Sara E. Wilensky,Joel B. Teitelbaum
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publish Date: 2022-03-25
Edition: 5
ISBN: 1284247457
ISBN 13: 9781284247459
Dimension: Length: 8.75 inches, Width: 0.5 inches, Height: 11 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.62480687094 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fifth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied. Thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition explores the key health policy and legal changes brought about by the Biden Administration and the presently Democrat-controlled Congress. It also addresses the Covid-19 pandemic, and its many devastating and intertwined health, economic, and social consequences. New chapters provide an overview of Public Health and explain Public Health Emergency Preparedness.Updated figures, tables, statistics, and discussion questionsNew textbox icons identify discussion questions, special topics and, technical spotlights to help faculty pick and choose the appropriate contentNew or updated content in the areas of national and state health reform, the healthcare delivery and public health systems, the policymaking process, the ACA's effect on Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP, individual rights in health care, structural and social drivers of health, and more.New concluding chapter on Health Advocacy teaches readers the art and skill of advocacy.Fully updated Interactive timeline incorporated into the eBook Undergraduate and graduate courses in Health Policy in Public Health, Health Administration, Nursing, Medicine, and Public Policy. © 2023 | 350 pages
Author: Sara E. Wilensky,Joel B. Teitelbaum
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publish Date: 2022-03-25
Edition: 5
ISBN: 1284247457
ISBN 13: 9781284247459
Dimension: Length: 8.75 inches, Width: 0.5 inches, Height: 11 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.62480687094 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350