Analyzing Form, Function, and Financing of the U.S. Health Care System

This book emphasizes developing an overall and basic understanding of the function, structure, and financing of the US healthcare system, with an emphasis on the medical care system. It provides a comprehensive broad-based understanding of the programmatic function of the system, especially the medical care system, with enough information regarding both structure and financing to understand how this complicated system works. The book also discusses the impact of policy decisions on the services available.