Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care

An Introduction for Health Professionals

Jahangir Moini, Morvarid Moini

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781317216742
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

All health care students must be familiar with the basic concepts of health care in the United States. This introductory textbook presents vital information on health care careers and legal, ethical, financial, and policy issues that will help their future practice. It includes chapters on:

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• careers in the health care profession;
• the complexity of health care;
• the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
• professionalism in health;
• health care for special populations;
• the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards;
• research and advancements in health care;
• the future of health care.

Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care is unique in the way it highlights the important elements of each health career, including job requirements, length of study, and salaries. With the student in mind, this book is accompanied by a website that features detailed PowerPoints and test banks with more than 1, 000 review questions.

Well-organized and easily understood, this overview provides a reliable, relevant resource and up-to-date reference. It is essential reading for all allied health students, including nurses, surgical technicians, dental hygienists, radiology technicians, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, physician assistants, and more.

Index

Page numbers in italics denote tables, those in bold denote figures.

9/11 terrorist attacks 259

abortion 38, 69–70

access to health care 4, 25–6, 410

accountability 175

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) 36, 47

Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) 134

Accreditation Council on Optometric Education 136

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education 139

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools 153

acting out, as defense mechanism 352

acute care 13, 413, 414

acute disease 4

acute infective hepatitis (hepatitis A) 306, 307, 308

addiction rehabilitation 20, 20

Administration on Aging (AoA) 12, 198

administrative law 57

adolescents: alcohol consumption 250; obesity in 242; smoking among 249

adult day care 11

adult family care 19

adult foster care 18–19

Advance Payment ACO Model 47

advance practice nurses (APNs) 122

Advance Premium Tax Credit 42

advanced care directives 71

Advisory Committee for Women’s Services 192

aerobic bacteria 284

aerobic exercise 179

Aetna 49

Affordable Care Act see Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Africa: HIV/AIDS 305; malaria 236; tuberculosis 235; see also sub-Saharan Africa

African Americans see blacks

age, and immunity 293

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 400

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 108, 393, 401

aging population 5, 10–11, 215, 412; see also elderly people

AIDS see HIV/AIDS

air pollution 214, 219

airborne transmission 291

Alaska, and Medicaid expansion 46

Alaska Natives 86, 191, 193, 195, 201

alcohol consumption 4, 24, 25, 26, 27, 202, 247; adolescents 250; effects of 250; Hispanics 194; moderate 243; Native Hawaiians 196; women 191

alcoholism/alcohol addiction 20, 20, 26, 202

alcohols, as antiseptics/disinfectants 296

alternative medicine 145

altruism 167

Alzheimer’s disease 4, 11, 149, 191, 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of tables
• About the authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Unit I Health care today
• Unit II Financial management
• Unit III Professionals and professional practice
• Unit IV Patient populations
• Unit V Safety in the workplace
• Unit VI Communication in the health care profession
• Unit VII Predictions for health care in the United States
• Appendices
• Index