The Health Care Handbook

About this book

The American health care system is vast complex and confusing. Books about it shouldnt be. The Health Care Handbook is your one-stop guide to the people organizations and industries that make up the U.S. health care system and major issues the system faces today. The Handbook covers:Inpatient and outpatient health care and delivery systems The different types of health insurance and how theyre structuredHealth policy and government health care programs including the Affordable Care ActConcise summaries of 31 different health professionsEconomic concepts and the factors that make health care so expensiveThe Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industriesEach section introduces the key facts and foundations that make the health care system work in a clear and neutral manner. The book also includes balanced analyses of current challenges and controversies in health care including medical errors government regulation medical malpractice high drug