The Challenges of Health Disparities: Implications and Actions for Health Care Professionals

This unique text explores health disparities in the United States and their implications from the perspective of health care administration. The book begins with a broad overview of health disparities including definitions from local, state, and federal legislation, as well as alternative definitions. The authors examine current and past frameworks of analysis regarding the causes of disparities and provide a statistical overview of death rates and their implications for health care administrators. In the final section of the book, each chapter looks at health disparities within each type of health care environment such as physician practices, hospitals, pharmaceutical products, Medicare/Medicaid, long-term care, insurance markets, and more.

Author: Darren Liu, Betty Burston, Shartriya C. Stewart
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 09/25/2018
Pages: 348
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781284156096
ISBN10: 1284156095
BISAC Categories:
- Education | General
- Medical | Health Care Delivery