Health Policy Analysis: .

Health Policy Analysis: .

Drawing from the perspectives of a variety of disciplines, this innovative text is unlike any others of its kind. Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Edition analyzes current U.S. health policy and proposes various alternatives for developing future health policy without pushing a single solution set--rather, it considers the viewpoints of economics, political science, management, communications, technology, and public health.<br>Organized into three sections, this unique text first explores the current and historical issues with the U.S. healthcare system and considers the alternatives for future policy that have strong support. <br>It then reviews the political processes that influence planning in various healthcare settings; presents the accepted methods of economic and financial analysis; and addresses the ethical and other value considerations that must enter into the health policy process. <br>Finally, it takes a look at the roles, skills, and leadership that health professionals can bring to the policy making process in their local and national communities.<br>The Second Edition offers:<br>• An expansive new look at the Affordable Care Act woven throughout Chapters 1-5<br>• New chapter on evidence-based medicine. <br>• Greater emphasis and focus on the learning health system as well as cost and outcomes, in light of the shrinking crisis of the uninsured.<br>• All new cases in each chapter.