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A core text for a one-quarter/semester, undergraduate/graduate-level course in Health Services (health policy and the health care system) and a complimentary text for courses in Administration/Management for PT/OT.

Cutting-edge in focus, this introduction to health services prepares readers for the rapid and continuing changes in private and public health policy that have changed—and continue to change—the work environment for occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written specifically from the therapist's perspective, it explains the principles and major structures of health services—without overburdening students with the minutiae of these complicated programs—so they can understand how policies and systems affect their ability to serve patients and how they can be effective advocates during private and public policy change.

• Direct applications to physical therapy, occupational therapy and disablement throughout.

  • Offers instructors and students a much-needed alternative to most other texts on the subject—which gloss over disability and rehabilitation therapy concerns/issues and focus solely on the biomedical model.

• The principles of cost/quality/access.

  • Provides students with the theoretical base necessary for exploring and discussing health policy.

• All major financing mechanisms for PT/OT services—e.g., managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, IDEA, etc.

  • Provides an information base for learning about reimbursement policy and effect on practice.

• Exploration of various settings and professions across the health care continuum commonly encountered by PT/OT—Public health and mental health, especially for OTs, is emphasized.

  • Helps students understand the design of the health care system and the preparation/responsibility of other practitioners.

• Advocacy and implementing policy change.

  • Explains to students how policy is developed and how it can be changed.

• Free integrated Companion Website
  • —www.prenhall.com/
  • sandstrom. Modified regularly to provide current policy updates.

  • Includes interactive study guide style quiz questions for review.

• Chapter summaries and review questions—Includes two types of review questions: The first tests students' recall of basic facts; the second challenges students to apply, integrate and discuss the implications of the content on policy, the system or practice.

  • Provides students with convenient review, self-assessment, and critical-thinking aids.

• Tables and figures.

  • Illustrates and supplements chapter content.

I. PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND DISABILITY POLICY.

II. REIMBURSEMENT POLICY: FINANCING THERAPY SERVICES.

III. THERAPISTS AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

IV. ADVOCACY.

Administration / Management / Physical Therapy (Physical Therapy)
Occupational Therapy (Occupational Therapy)
Introductory Physical Therapy (Physical Therapy)

Health Services, 2e has been completely revised and equips occupational and physical therapists with the foundations for understanding the rapidly and continually evolving developments in private and public health policy that shape their professions.  The text explains the principles and major structures of health services, provides an overview of how policies and systems affect the ability to serve patients, and details ways to be an effective advocate during private and public policy change. Readers will explore issues such as access, cost, and quality, as well as regulation basics including public health, licensure, informed consent, and medical liability.

• Health Services: Policy and Systems for Therapists, 2/E
  Sandstrom, Lohman & Bramble
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 336 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135146526 | ISBN-13: 9780135146521
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Health Services: Policy and Systems for Therapists prepares readers for the rapid and continual developments in private and public health policy that have changed - and continue to change - the work environment for occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written from the therapist's perspective, it explains the principles and major structures of health services, provides an overview of how policies and systems affect the ability to serve patients, and details ways to be an effective advocate during private and public policy change. Discussions include such issues as access, cost, and quality, as well as regulation basics including public health, licensure, informed consent, and medical liability.

Features:

• Direct applications to physical therapy, occupational therapy and disablement throughout.
• FREE integrated website - www.prenhall.com/sandstrom - serves readers with updates as well as self-study exercises.
• Exploration of various settings and professions across the health care continuum with a specific emphasis on public health and mental health.
• Chapter objectives and overview streamline studies.
• Chapter summaries and review questions provide convenient review, self-assessment, and critical-thinking aids.
• Tables and figures illustrate and supplement chapter content.

View a Sample Chapter PDF:

• Companion Website - Sandstrom
  Sandstrom
  © 2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Estimated Availability: 04/16/2002
  ISBN-10: 0130341886 | ISBN-13: 9780130341884
  URL: http://www.prenhall.com/sandstrom
  

• Companion Website - Sandstrom
  Sandstrom
  © 2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Estimated Availability: 04/16/2002
  ISBN-10: 0130341886 | ISBN-13: 9780130341884
  URL: http://www.prenhall.com/sandstrom
  
  
  

• Companion Website - Sandstrom
  Sandstrom
  © 2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Estimated Availability: 04/16/2002
  ISBN-10: 0130341886 | ISBN-13: 9780130341884
  URL: http://www.prenhall.com/sandstrom
  

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