Evaluating the Healthcare System: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity, Second Edition

This second edition comes at a time when the U.S. healthcare system is in the midst of a major transition, producing ever-increasing concern over accountability for both cost and quality of care. Aday and her colleagues provide public policymakers, health professionals, and students with an integrative guide to understanding the new dynamics associated with value, accountability, and community emerging from our healthcare system. The new edition is expanded to include: * Prevention-oriented and long-term medical care * The influence of environmental and population factors * The use of data systems to evaluate health services delivery * New examples that illustrate the application of research to policy