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Health Services, 2/E
Robert W. Sandstrom, Ph.D., PT
Helene Lohman, MA, OTR/L
James D. Bramble, Ph.D., all of Creighton University

ISBN-10: 0135146526
ISBN-13: 9780135146521

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 336 pp
Estimated Availability: 08/28/2008

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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.

    • ·    NEW–Case Examples allow the reader to apply concepts to the clinical environment.
    • ·    NEW–Active Learning Exercises enrich the chapter content and reinforce the content learned.
    • ·    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 review questions provide convenient review, self-assessment, and critical-thinking aids.
    • ·    Chapter discussion questions stimulate self-awareness and guide readers and educators in meaningful dialogue.

Table of Contents

 

CHAPTER                               TITLE

 

            1                                              Disablement, Policy and Systems

 

            2                                              Access and Cost of Health Care

 

            3                                              Quality of Health Care

 

            4                                              Public Policies Addressing Social Disablement

 

            5                                              Fundamentals of Insurance

 

            6                                              Managed Care and Beyond

 

            7                                              Medicare

 

            8                                              Medicaid, SCHIP, Military/ Veterans Medical

                                                            Insurance, Indian Health Service

 

            9                                              The Acute Medical Care System

 

            10                                            The Post Acute Health Care System

 

            11                                            Special Education, Public Health and

                                                             Complementary/ Alternative Medicine

 

            12                                            Effecting Policy Change:  Therapist as Advocate

 

 

 

Glossary

Appendix

    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.

  • 0130283444Health Services: Policy and Systems for Therapists
    Sandstrom, Lohman & Bramble
    © 2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 292 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0130283444 | ISBN-13: 9780130283443
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