ISSN Series: | Essential Public Health | Discipline: | Public Health | Subject Definition: | Health Policy-Legislation & Jurisprudence-United States | NLM Class: | WA 33 | LC Class: | RA395 | Abstract: | NEW: This text now includes access to the 2015 Annual Health Reform Update. Available exclusively in PDF format, this 60-page analysis of health reform in the United States will give your students a clear understanding of the key components of the Affordable Care Act. Essentials of Health Policy and Law provides students of public health with a firm foundation of the basics of American health policy and law. Given the prominent role played by policy and law in the health of all Americans, the aim of this book is to help readers understand the broad context of health policy and law, the essential policy and legal issues impacting and flowing out of the health care and public health systems, and the way health policies and laws are formulated. Think of this textbook as an extended manual.introductory, concise, and straightforward.to the seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, and thus as a jumping off point for discussion, reflection, research, and analysis. Check out the companion text, Essential Readings in Health Policy and Law. This compilation of carefully selected readings is meant to allow for deeper analysis of issues covered in Essentials of Health Policy and Law. |
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