Health and Health Care 2010, Second Edition, offers well-researched coverage of health insurance, managed care, health care providers, the health workforce, medical technologies, information technologies, consumerism, public health services, mental health, child health, health of the elderly, chronic care, and health behaviors, and more. Each of the volume's topics starts with historical background leading into the contemporary setting and is followed with predicted short-term developments and forecasts reaching to the year 2010. Acknowledging the difficulty of long-term predictions, even by experts, the projections are cast as "stormy," "long and winding," or "sunny."
Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Health & Social Care Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst u. Gesundheitspolitik Public Health Services & Policy
"This book is nonstop information in an easy-to-read, understandable format." (Journal for Healthcare Quality, 10/03)Praise for the First Edition
"A valuable contribution for all of us concerned about thefuture of health care and our personal welfare."
-- Journal of the American Medical Association
"The book is an excellent contribution toward predicting thenext decade of health care experience in the United States. I knowof no other resource that provides such a high-level analysis withefficiency and clarity. Four Stars!"
-- Doody Publishing, Inc.
"Superb analyses for policymakers and health care providersforecasting trends in health insurance, technology andworkforce."
-- The American Journal of Nursing/American NursesAssociation 2000 Book of the Year Award; (winner in the category ofCommunity and Public Health)
"Overall, the report is easy to read, data and graphs arepresented clearly, and information is based on an integration ofdiverse research."
-- Journal for Healthcare Quality
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