The Challenges of Health Disparities: Implications and Actions for Health Care Professionals - Softcover

Liu, Darren; Burston, Betty; Stewart, Shartriya C.; Mulligan, Heidi H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284156095 ISBN 13: 9781284156096

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2018

Synopsis

This unique text explores health disparities in the United States and their implications from the perspective of health care administration. The book begins with a broad overview of health disparities including definitions from local, state, and federal legislation, as well as alternative definitions. The authors examine current and past frameworks of analysis regarding the causes of disparities and provide a statistical overview of death rates and their implications for health care administrators. In the final section of the book, each chapter looks at health disparities within each type of health care environment such as physician practices, hospitals, pharmaceutical products, Medicare/Medicaid, long-term care, insurance markets, and more.

About this title

About the Author:

Associate Professor, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa Professor-in-residence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada Associate Dean, School of Education, Nevada State College, Las Vegas, Nevada Owner, A Woman of A Thousand Words, Canoga Park, California

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1284156095
• ISBN 13: 9781284156096
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348