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Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists, Fifth Edition

Robert L. McCarthy; Kenneth W. Schafermeyer; Kimberly S. Plake

©2012  
ISBN: 9781449644888
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Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists, Fifth Edition provides students with a current and comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care delivery system from the perspective of the pharmacy profession. Each thoroughly updated chapter of this best-selling text includes real-world case studies, learning objectives, chapter review questions, questions for further discussion, and updated key topics and terms. New and expanded topics include public health, pharmacoepidemiology, cultural competence, and leadership. Patient-Provider dialogues are also included to help students apply key concepts. Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A Primer for Pharmacists, Fifth Edition will provide students with an understanding of the social, organizational, and economic aspects of health care delivery.
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    Chapter 1 Health Care Delivery in America: Historical
    and Policy Perspectives
    Author: Jennifer L. Tebbe-Grossman

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    Chapter 2 Health Care Professionals and Interdisciplinary
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    Author: Suvapun Bunniran; David J. McCaffrey III

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    Chapter 3 The Pharmacist and the Pharmacy Profession
    Author: Shane P. Desselle

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    Chapter 4 The Patient
    Author: Kimberly S. Plake

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    Chapter 5 Drug Use, Access, the Pharmaceutical Industry,
    and Supply Chain in the United States
    Author: Kyle D. Ross; Louis P. Garrison Jr.; Dana P. Hammer

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    Chapter 6 Critical Issues in Public Health
    Author: Ardis Hanson; Peter D. Hurd; Bruce Lubotsky Levin

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    Chapter 7 Hospitals
    Author: Catherine N. Otto; William W. McCloskey

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    Chapter 8 Ambulatory Care
    Author: David M. Scott

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    Chapter 9 Long-Term Care
    Author: Aleda M. H. Chen; Kimberly S. Plake

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    Chapter 10 Mental Health Services Delivery
    Author: Ardis Hanson; Bruce Lubotsky Levin; Carol A. Ott; Helen Meldrum

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    Chapter 11 Home Care
    Author: William W. McCloskey; Frank Marr; Maureen A. McCarthy

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    Chapter 12 Informatics in Health Care
    Author: Ardis Hanson; Bruce Lubotsky Levin; David M. Scott

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    Chapter 13 Basic Economic Principles Affecting Health
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    Author: Kenneth W. Schafermeyer

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    Chapter 14 Unique Aspects of Health Economics
    Author: Kenneth W. Schafermeyer

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    Chapter 15 Private Health Insurance
    Author: Kenneth W. Schafermeyer; Brenda R. Motheral

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    Chapter 16 Government Involvement in Health Care
    Author: Earlene E. Lipowski; Marcus Long

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    Chapter 17 Managed Health Care
    Author: Kenneth W. Schafermeyer; Brenda R. Motheral

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    Chapter 18 Medicare and Medicaid
    Author: Alan P. Wolfgang

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    Chapter 19 Pharmacoeconomics
    Author: Kenneth W. Schafermeyer; Craig I. Coleman

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    Chapter 20 International Health Care Services
    Author: Ana C. QuiƱones-Boex

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    Chapter 21 Health Care Reform
    Author: Catherine N. Otto; Thomas E. Buckley

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    Chapter 22 Glossary
    Author: Robert L. McCarthy; Kenneth W. Schafermeyer; Kimberly S. Plake

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