附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-554) and index.
Part I. Introduction -- Introduction to the U.S. health services system -- Overview of the U.S. health services system and its users -- Access to health services -- Part II. System organization -- Organization of the U.S. health services system -- Part III. System management -- Management of the U.S. health services system -- Part IV. Economic support -- Health insurance: the major financing mechanism for the U.S. health services system -- Financing the U.S. health services system -- Part V. Resource production -- Health services workforce -- Hospitals -- Biomedical research, health services technology, and technology assessment -- Part VI. Delivery system -- Overview of the U.S. health services delivery system -- Health promotion and disease prevention -- Primary care -- Secondary care -- Long-term care -- Tertiary care -- Palliative care -- Care of special populations and special disorders -- Health services delivery system: managed care -- Part VII. Measuring outcomes of the delivery system -- Issues in quality of care -- Part VIII. Future directions of the delivery system -- Continuing change in the U.S. health services delivery system
