Health Care Issues category: 1336 books

Today we are in a healthcare crisis. All around the industrialized world people are struggling with declining health. From childhood obesity to the multiple health-related needs and concerns of an aging population, millions need help understanding, managing, or even reversing their maladies. Hospitals...

This study explores the policy options a provincial government might consider in extending health care coverage to the purchase of prescription drugs and dental care. It examines the major public policy objectives involved, such as spreading risk, redistributing wealth, and reducing the barriers to...

Endangered Private Practice explains how health care reform, driven by the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010, affects and will be affecting those providers within the delivery system section of health care. Private practice businesses cannot continue to offer quality services while losing money,...

One of the most controversial aspects of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was how the government measures the cost effectiveness and quality of care and factors it into the way doctors, hospitals and other providers are paid.The decisions determine how Medicare and other big...

Informational Primer for Elder Caregiving ....from Preparation to End of Life Cycle. What to plan and things to consider that are important for the caregiver, the elder patient, the family and the care team. Things you need to know, information you need to keep on hand including the healthcare providers,...

The concept of Comprehensive Primary Health Care focuses on health system efforts to improve equity in health care access, community empowerment, participation of marginalized groups, and actions on the social determinants of health. Despite its existence since the late 1970s very few studies have...

The book pulls together a series of articles by the authors that initiated the research areas of "optimal risk adjustment" and "optimal quality reporting." The papers present the basic theoretical models and link them to empirical application. Design of health insurance premiums...

Computer caregivers with better AI and HCI could replace some nurses, improve patient care and the public health, and cut health care costs. This clear explanation of computer and health care “worlds” helps each better understand how they might collaborate to develop computer caregivers like an...

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection...

It is estimated that in the decade between 2010-2020, there will be 3.2 million additional jobs created in health care. Many of these jobs require no more than a high school diploma or less. If you, along with millions of other people that would like to make health care a career and are seeking these...

Do You Suffer From The Common Cold, Hair Loss, Erectile Dysfunction, Cancer, Arthritis, Allergies, Diabetes, Depression, High Blood Pressure/Cholesterol, Or Hemorrhoids? As you well know, medical costs are constantly on the rise, and there's no sign that it's going to slow down. According to the...

The state of health care in this country is routinely discussed in the media, at the office, and around the kitchen table. Yet as consumers of medical care, Americans often blindly accept medical advice that may or may not be relevant or even appropriate. Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now is meant...

You would not believe what patients say to their health-care providers. I am not breaking any confidentiality rules, but I am giving you an insight into what we have to deal with to provide quality care. Hopefully, you learn how not to communicate with your health-care provider. Health-connected readers will be able to relate to this book and hopefully enjoy it.

Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it. The Patient’s...