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Designed to reflect important changes in health care and significant advancements in medical sociology, this student-friendly text provides a readable, interesting, and in-depth overview of the field. It offers solid coverage of traditional topics with a keen focus on the current issues and public policy debates affecting this dynamic area of study.Coverage examines issues such as giving clean needles to drug users; gender-based and sexual harassment of female physicians; legalizing medical mari...

Poor People’s Medicine is a detailed history of Medicaid since its beginning in 1965. Federally aided and state-operated, Medicaid is the single most important source of medical care for the poorest citizens of the United States. From acute hospitalization to long-term nursing-home care, the nation’s Medicaid programs pay virtually the entire cost of physician treatment, medical equipment, and prescription pharmaceuticals for the millions of Americans who fall within government-mandated eligibil...

The second edition of Health Insurance Resources: A Guide for People with Chronic Disease and Disability continues to be a uniquely helpful reference for those who need and use health insurance most often but have the least access to it. The book was developed to assist individuals living with disability and chronic health conditions, as well as health care professionals, in understanding the health care system and maximising their rights and entitlements within that system. The manual is compl...

"Health Economics and Policy" is a basic introduction to the microeconomics of health, health care, and health policy. This edition demonstrates how economic principles apply to health-related issues. It explains the social, political, and economic contexts of healthcare delivery and explores the changing nature of health care. Students learn to analyze public policy from an economic perspective. While the text was written for non-economics majors, it includes enough economic content to challeng...

Over 12 million Americans of all ages with functional impairments today rely on personal assistance and other long-term services and supports (LTSS) in their home and community or in an institution to perform daily activities to maintain their quality of living and, when possible, their independence. Most of them receive services and supports from dedicated caregivers that enable them to cope with their cognitive or physical limitations with dignity. This book provides a report to the Congress o...

This year’s completely updated 28th edition of Coding for Pediatrics includes all changes in CPT® codes, complete with expert guidance for their application. Also included are the new changes to office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding. The book’s recently updated vignettes and examples, as well as the many coding pearls throughout, add guidance needed to ensure accuracy and payment.   KEY UPDATESCPT 2023 code updatesNew codes and guidelines for many categories of E/M service...

The latest edition helps make sense of the changes in Medicare plans and prescription drug policies. It explores the varying demographics of the elderly population and how these factors will affect what plans people will choose. It also provides an overview of the Older Americans Act, and breaks out the various aspects of older living - from health and mental health to employment, legal assistance, and housing - that the new plans have and will transform.

Based on the proceedings of the 1st Conference on Economic Evaluation of Health Care held at University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, May, 1999. This conference was attended by relevant speakers from different European countries. They discussed about some important issues related to the theory and practice of Economic Evaluation in Health Care: The Role of Economic Evaluation in Evaluating Health Care; The Valuation of Health and Safety for Public Sector Decision Making; The Role of Quality of Life...

Recent debates on Medicare reform focus on prescription drug coverage, expanding managed-care choices, or technical issues of payment policy. Despite all the heat generated by these issues, Edward F. Lawlor's new book, Redesigning the Medicare Contract, demonstrates that fundamental questions of purpose and policy design for Medicare have been largely ignored. Challenging conventional ideas, Lawlor suggests that we look at Medicare as a contract between the federal government, the program's be...