The Health Care Handbook

The American health care system is vast, complex and confusing. Books about it shouldn't be. The Health Care Handbook is your one-stop guide to the people, organizations and industries that make up the U.S. health care system and major issues the system faces today. The Handbook covers:*Inpatient and outpatient health care and delivery systems *The different types of health insurance and how they're structured*Health policy and government health care programs, including the Affordable Care Act*Concise summaries of 31 different health professions*Economic concepts and the factors that make health care so expensive*The Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industriesEach section introduces the key facts and foundations that make the health care system work in a clear and neutral manner. The book also includes balanced analyses of current challenges and controversies in health care, including medical errors, government regulation, medical malpractice, high drug