Essentials of the U. S. Health Care System by Leiyu Shi; Douglas A. SinghISBN: 9781284156720
Publication Date: 2018-09-20
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Read Chapters 7 and 8. Chapter 7 discussed outpatient services and primary care, including a definition of outpatient care, scope of outpatient services, outpatient care settings and methods of delivery, the definition of primary care, the effectiveness of primary care, medical-home strategy, and assessment of community health centers. Chapter 8 discusses the hospital system, including the evolution of hospitals in the U.S.; expansion and downsizing of hospitals in the U.S.; access and utilization measures; hospital employment; types of hospitals; the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and hospitals; licensure, certification and accreditation; hospital organization; and ethics and public trust.