Autor: Kathleen N. Lohr

Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are health care professionals in your survey. Primary Care fills this gap with a detailed definition already …

Enormous changes are occurring in the organization and financing of the U.S. health care systemrapid changes that are being driven by market forces rather than by government initiatives. Although it …

Guidelines for the clinical practice of medicine have been proposed as the solution to the whole range of current health care problems. This new book presents the first balanced and highly practical …

Regional health care databases are being established around the country with the goal of providing timely and useful information to policymakers, physicians, and patients. But their emergence is …

Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are health care professionals in your survey. Primary Care fills this gap with a detailed definition already …

Volume II of Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance provides extensive source materials on quality assurance, including results of focus groups with the elderly and practicing physicians, …

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This book contains chapters and commentaries by members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee and by outstanding practitioners, researchers, legislators, and policymakers about the IOM’s …

How can we meet the special needs of children for emergency medical services (EMS) when today’s EMS systems are often unprepared for the challenge? This comprehensive overview of EMS for children …

Enormous changes are occurring in the organization and financing of the U.S. health care systemrapid changes that are being driven by market forces rather than by government initiatives. Although it …

Health care for the elderly American is among our nation’s more pressing social issues. Our society wishes to ensure quality health care for all older people, but there is growing concern about our …

This book establishes a framework for assessing health care reform proposals and their implementation. It helps clarify objectives, identifies issues to be addressed in proposals, distinguishes …