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Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System
University of West Florida Pressbooks
Summer 2023
Appears in University of West Florida Pressbooks
Abstract
Welcome to Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System. This open educational resource (OER) introduces students to foundational characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system. It begins with an overview of the healthcare system that includes a brief history and a description of the current state of health in the U.S. The second chapter describes health delivery systems, including inpatient, outpatient, post-acute, long-term, palliative, and hospice care. An introduction to health insurance in the third chapter will include an overview of basic concepts, private insurance, public insurance, and recent trends. The fourth chapter presents issues related to the triple aim of improving access to care, increasing the quality of care, and lowering the cost of care. The fifth chapter reviews how the government intervenes in healthcare and presents current policy issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and value-based contracting. The final chapter on the topic of technology in healthcare provides an overview of health information technology, health information legislation, emerging technologies, and the future of health information technology. Chapter content is supplemented with additional material such as reports, briefs, figures, infographics, definitions, and key terms. Chapters two through six end with a "knowledge check" exercise to actively engage students with the content. While this OER book was curated and created for undergraduate students in the field of healthcare, it is my hope that it will continue to be customized to other programs and shared again.
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Details
- Title
- Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System
- Resource Type
- Textbook
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Pressbooks; Pensacola, FL
- Format
- pdf and link
- Number of pages
- 481
- Copyright
- Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System: Strategies for RN-BSN Students by Kathy Andresen DNP, MPH, RN, CNE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
- Identifiers
- 99380194396706600
- Academic Unit
- Health Sciences and Administration; Pressbooks; University of West Florida Libraries; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English
- Course Name
- Understanding U.S. Healthcare; HSA 3111