Evaluating the Healthcare System: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity, Second Edition [Paperback]

Lu Ann Aday (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998 | ISBN-10: 1567930794 | ISBN-13: 978-1567930795 | Edition: 2nd

This second edition comes at a time when the U.S. healthcare system is in the midst of a major transition, producing ever-increasing concern over accountability for both cost and quality of care. Aday and her colleagues provide public policymakers, health professionals, and students with an integrative guide to understanding the new dynamics associated with value, accountability, and community emerging from our healthcare system. The new edition is expanded to include: * Prevention-oriented and long-term medical care * The influence of environmental and population factors * The use of data systems to evaluate health services delivery * New examples that illustrate the application of research to policy

Editorial Reviews

Review

This revised edition provides a much-needed conceptual and empirical road map for understanding the new dynamics associated with value, accountability, and community emerging from our healthcare system. Organized around the core concepts of effectiveness, efficiency, and equity, [the book] provides a holistic, integrative examination of our healthcare system." -- Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., FACHE, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Professor of Organization Behavior, University of California at Berkeley, from the foreword

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Health Administration Pr; 2nd edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567930794
• ISBN-13: 978-1567930795
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,541,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)