An Introduction to Health Policy

Part I. Understanding the Basics I

1. The History of Health Care in the United States Pre-1965
Alexander Ding

2. Medicare and Its Evolution to 2011
Kevin J. Bozic, Benedict U. Nwachukwu

3. Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jordan C. Apfeld, Manish K. Sethi

4. Breaking Down Health Care Insurance from HMO to PPO and Beyond
David Polakoff, Audrey Smolkin

5. Understanding Quality and Cost from a Health Policy Perspective
Jason D. Keune, Bruce Lee Hall

Part II. Understanding the Basics II

6. Prevention and US Health Care
Heather A. Smith

7. The Rise of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Michael Hochman, Danny McCormick

8. Health Information Technology: Clinical and Policy Context
Emily R. Maxson, Sachin H. Jain

9. Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical Policy
Phillip A. Choi, Walid F. Gellad

10. Health Disparities
Neil M. Issar, Manish K. Sethi

11. The Economics of Health Care
David A. Rosman, Jordan C. Apfeld

Part III. Understanding Systems of Health Care

12. The American Health-Care System: Understanding How the Pieces Come Together
Roshan P. Shah, Samir Mehta

13. Alternative Systems of Care and Consumer-Driven Health Care
Daniel Guss

14. National Healthcare Systems: A Worldview
Benjamin S. Hooe, Perrin T. Considine, Manish K. Sethi

15. Reimbursement: Understanding How We Pay for Health Care
Sachin H. Jain, Elaine Besancon

Part IV. Understanding the Politics in Health Policy

16. How Health-Care Policy Is Made in Washington: Understanding the Players and the Game
Eleby R. Washington, Ilisa Halpern Paul, Amy L. Walker, A. Alex Jahangir

17. Government and State Agencies: Who Administrates Healthcare on Federal and State Levels?
Rishin J. Kadakia, Hassan R. Mir

18. The 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jordan C. Apfeld, Cesar S. Molina, Daniel J. Stinner, Andrew Han, Manish K. Sethi

19. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What Is It and How Will It Change Health Care?
Richard Latuska, Alexandra Obremskey, Manish K. Sethi

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general, Health Administration, Public Health