- Summary
- Contents
- Reader's guide
- Entries A-Z
- Subject index
Today, as never before, healthcare has the ability to enhance the quality and duration of life. At the same time, healthcare has become so costly that it can easily bankrupt governments and impoverish individuals and families. Health services research is a highly multidisciplinary field, including such areas as health administration, health economics, medical sociology, medicine, political science, public health, and public policy. The Encyclopedia of Health Services Research is the first single reference source to capture the diversity and complexity of the field. With more than 400 entries, these two volumes investigate the relationship between the factors of cost, quality, and access to healthcare and their impact upon medical outcomes such as death, disability, disease, discomfort, and dissatisfaction with care.
Key Features
- Access to Care
- Accreditation, Associations, Foundations, and Research Organizations
- Biographies of Current and Past Leaders
- Cost of Care, Economics, Finance, and Payment Mechanisms
- Disease, Disability, Health, and Health Behavior
- Government and International Healthcare Organizations
- Health Insurance
- Health Professionals and Healthcare Organizations
- Health Services Research
- Laws, Regulations, and Ethics
- Measurement; Data Sources and Coding; and Research Methods
- Outcomes of Care
- Policy Issues, Healthcare Reform, and International Comparisons
- Public Health
- Quality and Safety of Care
- Special and Vulnerable Groups
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