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Encyclopedia of Health Services Research
- Published by Sage Publications
Today, as never before, healthcare has the ability to enhance the quality and duration of life. At the same time, healthcare has become so costly that it can easily bankrupt governments and impoverish individuals and families. Health services research is a highly multidisciplinary field, including such areas as health administration, health economics, medical sociology, medicine, political science, public health, and public policy. The Encyclopedia of Health Services Research is the first single reference source to capture the diversity and complexity of the field. With more than 400 entries, these two volumes investigate the relationship between the factors of cost, quality, and access to healthcare and their impact upon medical outcomes such as death, disability, disease, discomfort, and dissatisfaction with care. Key Features:
- Examines the growing healthcare crisis facing the United States
- Encompasses the structure, process, and outcomes of healthcare
- Aims to improve the equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of healthcare by influencing and developing public policies
- Describes healthcare systems and issues from around the globe
- Published/Released: October 2009
- ISBN 13: 9781412971942
- ISBN 10: 1412971942
- Product number: 249687
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