BOOK ALONE: HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS 2E

BOOK ALONE: HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS 2E

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.