Bodenheimer T.S., Grumbach K. Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2016. — 404 p.Introduction: The Paradox of Excess and Deprivation
Paying for Health Care
Access to Health Care
Paying Health Care Providers
How Health Care Is Organized — I: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care
How Health Care Is Organized — II: Health Delivery Systems
The Health Care Workforce and the Education of Health Professionals
Painful Versus Painless Cost Control
Mechanisms for Controlling Costs
Quality of Health Care
Prevention of Illness
Long-Term Care
Medical Ethics and Rationing of Health Care
Health Care in Four Nations
Health Care Reform and National Health Insurance
Conflict and Change in America’s Health Care System
Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges
Questions and Discussion Topics