Description
| Summary: | This bestselling text is a concise and balanced classic presenting the domestic health care system. It explains the five major components of the U.S. health care system: 1. health care institutions (hospitals and nursing homes)2. health care personnel (physicians, nurses, and others)3. financing mechanisms4. research and educational institutions that produce biomedical knowledge and health personnel5. firms producing "health commodities" (such as pharmaceutical drugs and hospital equipment).
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 308 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780826103154
0826103154
082610214X
9780826102140
9786610866908
6610866902 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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