ABSTRACT

Analyzing Form, Function, and Financing of the U.S. Health Care System tells the story of the U.S. health care system by using a narrative approach identifying function rather than the more common data-driven focus on structure. It presents policy decisions we have made about our health care system and analyzes some of their consequences to better

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Section I: INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE CONTEXT

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Section II: FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE U.S. HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM

chapter 6|12 pages

Do We Have a System? A Functional Analysis

chapter 8|20 pages

Hospitals

chapter 10|32 pages

Other Components of the Medical Care System

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Section III: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES AND HEALTH CARE FINANCING

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Section IV: HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES: TARGETED PROGRAMS AND CONSEQUENCES