Healthcare delivery in the U.S.A.

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"With a focus on healthcare management, the second edition of this popular reference addresses financing, organizational structures, continuum of care providers, access to healthcare, and quality initiatives. It covers legal and regulatory issues, workforce, and the drivers and barriers that shape healthcare delivery. This edition provides updated case studies as well as a discussion of new legislation and initiatives such as Accountable Care Organizations and physician reimbursement cuts. The author explains how current market conditions are driving new organizational structures, such as the increase in mergers and acquisitions activity"--Provided by publisher.