LibGuides: DHA-7000 v4: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

Essentials of the U. S. Health Care System by Leiyu Shi; Douglas A. Singh
ISBN: 9781284156720
Publication Date: 2018-09-20
Shi, L., & Singh, D. A. (2019). Essentials of the U.S. health care system (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Access your Redshelf book in the Getting Started module of your course.
Read Chapters 1-3. For Assignment 2, Chapter 1 discussed the major characteristics of U.S. healthcare delivery, including subsystems of healthcare delivery, characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system, healthcare systems of other developed countries, and systems framework. Chapter 2 discusses the foundation of U.S. healthcare delivery, including the definition of health, determinants of health, cultural beliefs and values, distribution of healthcare, and strategies to improve health. Chapter 3 provides a historical overview of U.S. healthcare delivery, including medical services in preindustrial America, medical training, medical services in postindustrial America, history of health insurance, medical services in the corporate era, healthcare reform, and present-day healthcare.

DHA Competency Inventory Link
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An evidence-based approach to understanding the competency development needs of the health service management workforce in Australia
Liang, Z., Blackstock, F. C., Howard, P. F., Briggs, D. S., Leggat, S. G., Wollersheim, D., Edvardsson, D., & Rahman, A. (2018). An evidence-based approach to understanding the competency development needs of the health service management workforce in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1).

For Assignment 1, the article discussed the results of a 360° assessment using the Managerial Competency Assessment Partnership (MCAP) of the competence of Australian health service managers (HSMs) to identify managerial competence levels, and training and development needs.
National Center for Healthcare Leadership
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For Assignment 1, this is the website for the National Center for Healthcare Leadership.
Validation of a management competency assessment tool for health service managers
Howard, P. F., Liang, Z., Leggat, S., & Karimi, L. (2018). Validation of a management competency assessment tool for health service managers. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 32(1), 113-134.

For assignment 1, this article reported on the validation of a management competency assessment tool (MCAP Tool) from a sample of 117 senior and middle managers working in two public hospitals and five community services in Victoria, Australia.
Transformation of the US healthcare system: Why is change so difficult?
Blank, R. H. (2012). Transformation of the US healthcare system: Why is change so difficult? Current Sociology, 60(4), 415.

For Assignment 2, the article discusses why a meaningful transformation of the U.S. healthcare system has proven so elusive, including factors such as political institutions and economic forces, a powerful medical establishment, the dominant private insurance industry, an extensive liability system, and a public that is highly suspicious of any government involvement in healthcare.
U.S. health care from a global perspective: Spending, use of services, prices, and health in 13 countries
Squires, D., & Anderson, C. (2015). U.S. health care from a global perspective: Spending, use of services, prices, and health in 13 countries. Issue Brief (Commonwealth Fund), 15, 1-15.

For Assignment 2, this article draws upon data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other cross-national analyses to compare health care spending, supply, utilization, prices, and health outcomes across 13 high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.