Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care

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Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care

Author	: David Mechanic
File Size	: 40,9 Mb
Publisher	: Rutgers University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 21 June 2024
ISBN	: 0813535786
Pages	: 300 pages

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Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care by David Mechanic Book PDF Summary

This book provides perspectives on how the US health care system evolved, why it faces the challenges that it does, and why reform is so difficult to achieve. It tackles issues including tobacco, obesity, gun violence, insurance gaps, the rationing of services, the power of special interests and medical errors.

Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care by David Mechanic

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