Introduction to Heath Policy

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"With the evolution of healthcare policies and their subsequent integration into healthcare systems, this book will introduce your students to health policy making, critical health policy issues, health policy research/evaluation methods, and international perspectives on health policy. Shi takes a unique perspective by integrating all these topics into this a one-of-a-kind book. Real-world cases and examples reinforce the theories and concepts throughout the book and address all healthcare settings, including public health, managed care, ambulatory care, extended care, and the hospital setting.

Introduction to Health Policy provides an overview of:

Dominant frameworks of health determinants and health policy formulation
Major types of health policies, including special populations such as racial/ethnic minorities, those with low-income, the elderly, women and children, people with HIV/AIDS, the mentally ill, and the homeless
Health policy issues related to financing and delivery in the U.S. and abroad
The importance of an international perspective, in both developed and developing countries
Processes and context for federal, state, and local health policymaking
Health policy research methods so that students can learn to study and analyze policy issues"