Peter Jennings reporting breakdown-America's health insurance crisis

Table of Contents: “…Peter Jennings' Report on America's Health Insurance Crisis (1:08) -- Key Issues and Questions Surrounding America's Health Insurance Crisis (1:03) -- Uninsured Patients Create the Crisis (3:32) -- Overburdening Emergency Rooms Impacts Quality of Care (1:39) -- Terrance Cunningham: Houston Hospital Administrator (0:46) -- Health Insurance Statistics (2:36) -- Difficulty Obtaining Health Insurance for Small Businesses (1:28) -- Health Insurance: How it Works (3:42) -- Health Insurance at General Motors (5:26) -- Rising Cost of Health Insurance Adds to Price of GM Cars (0:46) -- Rising Health Insurance Costs Drive Jobs Overseas (0:45) -- Reasons for Rising Health Care Costs (1:56) -- Educating Workers on Health Responsibility (4:19) -- High Deductibles May Create Inequitable Health Treatment (1:50) -- Cost Effectiveness of New Medical Inventions (3:59) -- Harmful Medical Inventions Increase Insurance Costs (3:00) -- Boundaries and Health Insurance (2:09)…”
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Epidemic of care : a call for safer, better, and more accountable health care by Halvorson, George C.

Table of Contents: “…: a call for a national health strategy -- Patients deserve safe care -- 401(k) equivalent choices in health care -- Most health care costs are the result of bad health -- Caregiver monopolies should not be our care model of choice -- Cut the number of uninsured in half -- Training tomorrow's caregivers and reengineering care delivery -- A call to action.…”
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Toward a National Strategy for Long-term Care of the Elderly : a Study Plan for Evaluation of New Policy Options for the Future : Report of a Committee of the Institute of Medicine...

Table of Contents: “…TOWARD A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR LONG-TERM CARE OF THE ELDERLY -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- OVERVIEW -- SECTION I BACKGROUND AND STUDY RATIONALE -- FUTURE GROWTH IN LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS -- The Elderly -- The Population Under Age 65 -- The Composite Picture -- LONG-TERM CARE COSTS -- Annual Costs and Personal Income -- Misconceptions About Insurance Coverage of Costs -- NATIONAL LONG-TERM CARE EXPENDITURES7 -- Nursing Home Expenditures -- Noninstitutional Care Expenditures -- FINANCING LONG-TERM CARE…”
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A shared destiny : community effects of uninsurance

Table of Contents: “…-- Community Effects on Access to Care -- Access to Care -- Primary Care -- Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care -- Specialty Care -- Hospital-Based Care -- Economic and Social Implications of Uninsurance Within Communities -- The Context: Increasing Health Care Costs and Taxpayer Support -- Budget Implications for States and Localities -- Economic Base and the Potential for Development -- Social Consequences of Uninsurance: First Thoughts -- Community Health and Uninsurance -- Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health -- Public Health and Community Uninsurance -- Summary: Conclusions and Research Agenda -- A Research Agenda for Community Effects -- Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Consequences of Uninsurance for Communities -- Geographic Differences in Uninsured Rates -- The Impact of Uninsured Populations on the Availability of Hospital Services and Financial Status of Hospitals in Urban Areas.…”
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Jonas & Kovner's health care delivery in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Ong -- Integrative models and performance / Douglas McCarthy -- High quality health care / Carolyn Clancy and Robert Lloyd -- Health care costs and value / Herbert P. White -- Comparative effectiveness / Amir Satvat and Jessica Leight -- Governance, management, and accountability / Anthony R. …”
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Introduction to health care services : foundations and challenges by Healey, Bernard J., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Exhibits; Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; About the Contributors; Part One Overview of Health Care Service Delivery; Chapter 1 An Overview of Health Care Delivery in the United States; Health Care Costs; Health Care Access; Health Levels and Outcomes; Health Care Quality; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 2 The Forces of Change in Health Care; Consequences of Forty Years of Health Care Cost Escalation; Health Care Reform; Summary; Discussion Questions; Part Two The Major Players in Health Care Services.…”
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International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care : Past, Present, and Future. by Auslander, Gail K.

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Using taxes to reform health insurance : pitfalls and promises

Table of Contents: “…Stives -- Tax subsidies for out-of-pocket health care costs / Jessica Vistnes, William Jack, and Arik Levinson ; comment by Jonathan Gruber -- Administrative issues : challenges of the current system / Mary B.H. …”
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Using taxes to reform health insurance : pitfalls and promises

Table of Contents: “…Stives -- Tax subsidies for out-of-pocket health care costs / Jessica Vistnes, William Jack, and Arik Levinson ; comment by Jonathan Gruber -- Administrative issues : challenges of the current system / Mary B.H. …”
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Jonas and Kovner's health care delivery in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Knickman -- Health care costs and value / Thad Calabrese and Keith F. Safian -- High-quality health care / Carolyn M. …”
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Bulletin of WHO Vol. 92 No. 06 2014. by WHO

Table of Contents: “…BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -- June 2014 ; MASTHEAD; In this month's Bulletin; Editorials; 386-386A=BLT. 14.140889; 387-387A=BLT. 14.140566; 388-388=BLT. 14.141051; 389-389A=BLT. 14.139139; News; Public health round-up; BRICS seek value for money as health-care costs rise; The BRICS countries: a new force in global health?…”
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Motor neuron disease in adults

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to motor neuron disease -- History of the recognition of motor neuron disease -- Nomenclature & classification of motor neuron disease -- Clinical anatomy, physiology and pathology of motor neuron disease -- Clinical features of motor neuron disease -- Frontotemporal dysfunction and dementia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Laboratory tests for motor neuron disease -- Biomarkers for motor neuron disease -- Imaging in motor neuron disease -- Diagnostic criteria for motor neuron disease -- Differential diagnosis of motor neuron disease -- Motor neuron disease progression -- Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia -- Genome-wide approaches to identify amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-associated genes -- Pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration -- Convergence and divergence in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis syndrome: genetics, molecular pathways and molecular mechanisms: -- Immunologic aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Cyanobacteria, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and the BMAA hypothesis -- Animal models of adult motor neuron disease -- Multidisciplinary clinics and practice parameters and guidelines -- Allied health and other providers -- Respiratory assessment and management -- Nutritional assessment and management -- Communication assessment and management -- Psychological and psychiatric assessment and management -- Symptoms and management -- Intimacy, sexuality and pregnancy -- Quality of life -- Caregiver issues -- End of life care -- Costs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis care -- Clinical trial designs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Stem cell therapy for motor neuron disease.…”
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A Strategy for Quality Assurance, Volume II : Sources and Methods. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…Assessing The Needs Of The ElderlyContinuous Quality Improvement -- Responses To Specific Questions -- Defining Quality Of Care -- Assessment Of Contemporary Health Care -- Cost Containment And Quality Health Care -- Medicare Benefits -- Costs Of Quality Assessment And Assurance Activities -- Assessment Of Adequacy Of Quality Assessment And Assurance -- Comments Of Pros -- Comments of Superpro -- Comments Of Other Groups Conducting External Quality Reviews -- Comments Of Third-Party Payers And Purchasers -- Comments Of Direct Care Providers…”
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Economic evaluation in genomic medicine by Fragoulakis, Vasilios, Mitropoulou, Christina, Williams, Marc S., Patrinos, George P.

Table of Contents: “…Psychiatric ExamplesInfectious Disease Examples; Facing the Current Challenges of Genomic Medicine; Education of Health Professionals; Demonstration of Clinical Utility; Health Care Costs; Insurance and Privacy Issues; Conclusions and Future Perspectives; References; 3 Economic Evaluation and Genomic Medicine: What Can They Learn from Each Other?…”
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International best practices in health care management

Table of Contents: “…Erwin -- International comparison of preoperative testing and assessment protocols and best practices to reduce surgical care costs : a systematic literature review / Bita A. …”
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Our changing journey to the end : reshaping death, dying, and grief in America. Volume I, New paths of engagement

Table of Contents: “…Golding -- Before their time : the need for communication when they die young / Nathan Ionascu -- Advance directives and hospice care : cost savers at the end / Edward J. Lusk, Nellie Selander, and Michael Halperin -- Conspicuous metabolism : life support and life extension as luxury goods / Kevin T. …”
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Chronic wound care : a clinical source book for healthcare professionals

Table of Contents: “…-- Wound assessment and documentation -- Nutritional assessment and intervention in the adult with a chronic wound -- Wound care epidemiology -- Running an outpatient wound clinic -- Wound care in home care -- Cost effectiveness in wound care -- Regulatory issues and reimbursement challenges -- Best practice guidelines, algorithms, and standards: tools to make evidence-based practice available and user friendly -- Mentoring: the ultimate professional relationship -- Opportunities for wound care specialists -- Moist wound healing: optimizing the wound environment -- Wound environment: implications from research studies for healing and infection -- Cofactors in impaired wound healing -- Dermatological aspects of wound care - The development of wound management products -- Dressing decisions -- Wound product selection challenges: developing strategies for your practice setting --…”

Fiscal policy and management in East Asia

Table of Contents: “…Policy Options for Financing Future Health and Long-Term Care Costs in Japan / Tadashi Fukui and Yasushi Iwamoto.…”
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Resolving ethical dilemmas a guide for clinicians by Lo, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Conflicts of interest -- Overview of conflicts of interest -- Bedside rationing of health care -- Incentives for physicians to increase services -- Measures to control health care costs -- Gifts from drug companies -- Disclosing errors -- Impaired colleagues -- Ethical dilemmas students and house staff face -- Section VI. …”
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Health care systems around the world : a comparative guide by Boslaugh, Sarah

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health A Practical Approach. by Muennig, Peter

Table of Contents: “…When to Use Nonreference Case Cost-Effectiveness Analyses -- Other Measures -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Cost-Minimization Analysis -- Burden-of-Disease Analysis -- Summary -- Further Readings -- References -- Chapter 3 Developing a Research Project -- Overview -- Eight Steps to a Perfect Research Project -- Developing a Research Question -- Anatomy of a Research Question -- Defining the Population -- Defining the Interventions Under Study -- Defining the Disease You Are Studying -- Research Checklist -- Have I Included All of the Important Alternatives? …”
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Expanding access to investigational therapies for HIV infection and AIDS : March 12-13, 1990, conference summary by Nichols, Eve K.

Table of Contents: “…PRODUCT LIABILITYConcerns Specific to the Parallel Track -- Potential Solutions -- 6 THIRD-PARTY PAYERS -- BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD -- HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA -- HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION -- Medicaid -- State Discretion -- Patient Care Costs -- Medicare -- RESOURCES FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION -- 7 IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE -- PEOPLE OF COLOR -- Resource Considerations -- Suspicion -- Informed Consent -- WOMEN -- The Gender Perspective -- Risk Factors -- Protocol Development -- Women as Vectors -- A New Approach…”
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Resolving Ethical Dilemmas : a Guide for Clinicians. by Lo, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Gifts From Patients to PhysiciansSexual Contact Between Physicians and Patients; Secret Information About Patients; Clinical Research; SECTION V Conflicts of Interest; Overview of Conflicts of Interest; Bedside Rationing of Health Care; Incentives for Physicians to Increase Services; Measures to Control Health Care Costs; Gifts from Drug Companies; Disclosing Errors; Impaired Colleagues; Ethical Dilemmas Students and House Staff Face; SECTION VI Ethical Issues in Clinical Specialties; Ethical Issues in Pediatrics; Ethical Issues in Surgery; Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology.…”
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Health care management and the law by Hammaker, Donna K., Knadig, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…Human resources departments -- Employers' health care costs -- Labor and management relations -- Part V: Strategic health care restructurings. …”
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Telemedicine : a Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…""Telemedicine""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Telemedicine""; ""Summary""; ""TELEMEDICINE PAST AND PRESENT""; ""CHALLENGES IN EVALUATING CLINICAL TELEMEDICINE""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION""; ""BASIC EVALUATION QUESTIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, COST, AND ACCEPTABILITY OF TELEMEDICINE""; ""Evaluating Quality of Care and Health Outcomes""; ""Evaluating Access to Care""; ""Evaluating Health Care Costs and Cost-Effectiveness""; ""Evaluating Patient Perceptions""; ""Evaluating Clinician Perceptions""…”
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New Medical Devices: Invention, Development, and Use (Series on technology and social priorities). by Ekelman, Karen B.

Table of Contents: “…New Incentives under the Prospective Payment SystemMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND THE ROLE OF PROPAC -- Cardiac Pacemakers -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Penile Prostheses -- IMPACT OF PPS ON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- A Conflict: Medical Innovation, Access and Cost Containment -- INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION -- The Prospective Payment System -- The Health Care Finance Administration Decision-Making Process -- Innovation under Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS…”
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Divided : the perils of our growing inequality

Table of Contents: “…Gerard -- U.S. health care costs the most -- by far / David Cay Johnson -- Inequality kills / Stephen Bezruchka -- Jailed for being in debt / Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt -- America's poverty "tax" / Gary Rivlin -- Hunger in America / Donald S. …”
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Confronting AIDS : Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…Voluntary TestingThe Role of Coercive Measures in Public Health Efforts -- Funding for Education and Other Public Health Measures -- Discrimination and AIDS -- CARE OF PERSONS INFECTED WITH HIV -- Health Care Costs Resulting from HIV Infection -- The Financing of Health Care for HIV-Related Conditions -- FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS -- Basic Research -- The Natural History of HIV Infection -- Epidemiologic Approaches -- Animal Models -- Antiviral Agents -- Vaccines -- Social Science Research Needs -- Funding for Research on AIDS and HIV…”
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Vaccines for the 21st Century : a Tool for Decisionmaking. by Stratton, Kathleen R.

Table of Contents: “…Time IntervalsQALYs Gained with Vaccine Use -- Costs: The Numerator -- Cost of Research and Development -- Cost of Vaccine Use -- Health Care Costs -- Vaccine Efficacy and Utilization -- Cost-Effectiveness Ratios -- Exclusions from the Analysis -- EXAMPLES: HYPOTHETICAL VACCINE X -- Target Population -- Program Considerations -- Disease Severity -- Discounting -- An Idealized Scenario -- Summary -- RESULTS -- Challenges -- 5 Review of the Analytic Model -- UNIT OF ANALYSIS -- IMPLEMENTING THE ANALYSIS -- Basic Model -- Performing the Analysis…”
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Nation's Physician Workforce : Options for Balancing Supply and Requirements. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…""Evidence from the Marketplace""""Physician Incomes""; ""Other Evidence""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""A Brief Note on Managed Care""; ""3 Relationship of Physician Supply to Key Elements of the Health Care System ""; ""HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES""; ""Competition""; ""Physician Incomes""; ""Health Care Costs""; ""ACCESS TO CARE""; ""Geographic Distribution""; ""Specialty Distribution""; ""Summary Comment About Access to Care""; ""QUALITY OF CARE""; ""High Numbers of Physicians Overall""; ""General Effects""; ""Volume and Quality""; ""Provider and Consumer Satisfaction""…”
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New Medical Devices: Invention, Development, and Use (Series on technology and social priorities). by Ekelman, Karen B.

Table of Contents: “…New Incentives under the Prospective Payment SystemMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND THE ROLE OF PROPAC -- Cardiac Pacemakers -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Penile Prostheses -- IMPACT OF PPS ON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- A Conflict: Medical Innovation, Access and Cost Containment -- INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION -- The Prospective Payment System -- The Health Care Finance Administration Decision-Making Process -- Innovation under Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS…”
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Changing Economics of Medical Technology. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…""HOW MUCH DOES NEW TECHNOLOGY ADD TO HEALTH CARE COSTS?""""OPTIMAL DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY: THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS PRINCIPLE""; ""EFFECTS OF REIMBURSEMENT ON THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Hospitals""; ""HMOs and Managed Care Plans""; ""Incentives for Fee-for-Service Physicians""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS: HOW TO ACHIEVE COST-EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 The Changing Economics of Pharmaceutical Research and Development ""; ""CURRENT TRENDS""; ""R & D Opportunities""; ""R & D Costs""; ""Product Life Cycles""; ""Effective Patent Life""; ""Drug Prices""…”
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Handbook of Psychology, Health Psychology. by Nezu, Arthur M., Nezu, Christine M., Geller, Pamela A.

Table of Contents: “…Mechanisms for the Effect of Social Support on Well-BeingConclusions and Directions for Future Research; References; Chapter 4 Psychoneuroimmunology: Mechanisms, Individual Differences, and Interventions; Stress-Immune Bidirectional Pathways; Acute Versus Chronic Stress; Individual Psychological Differences; Social Relationships and Psychoneuroimmunology; Psychological Interventions; Conclusion; References; Part III Diseases and Disorders; Chapter 5 Asthma; Epidemiology and Health-Care Costs Related to Asthma; Evidence Basis for Psychological Theories Applied to Mechanisms Involved in Asthma…”
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From séance to science : a history of the profession of psychology in America by Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-, Baker, David B.

Table of Contents: “…Organizational Psychology Comes of Age -- Lewin's Continuing Influence -- Industrial Strife -- Contemporary I/O Psychology -- Contemporary Personnel Issues -- Training -- Organizational Psychology -- Organizational Development -- Organizational Climate -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Counseling Psychology -- A Context for Counseling Psychology -- A More Perfect Union -- Seeking Guidance -- The Work of Frank Parsons -- The Expansion of Guidance -- Education and Psychology -- Vocational Psychology -- Testing and the Times -- Civilian Applications -- Testing and the Great Depression -- The Emergence of Counseling Psychology -- Preludes to Boulder -- The Meaning of Boulder -- Constructing Counseling Psychology -- A Model of Training -- Influences on Identity -- The Question of Identity -- Consolidation -- Recent Developments -- Organizational Structure -- Social Action -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Psychological Profession in the 21st Century -- Managed Care -- Cost and Service Containment -- Ethics -- Impacts -- Responses to Managed Care -- Prescription Privileges for Psychologists -- Opposition to Prescription Privileges -- Clinical Trials for Psychologists -- Proponents for Prescription Privileges -- New Practice Specialties -- Forensic Psychology -- Münsterberg and the Psychology of the Courtroom -- Contemporary Forensic Psychology -- Clients for Forensic Psychology -- The Psychological Autopsy -- Growth of Forensic Psychology -- Sport Psychology -- Coleman Griffith: Pioneer in Sport Psychology -- Modern Practice of Sport Psychology -- The Work of Sport Psychologists -- Health Psychology -- The Practice of Health Psychologists -- Interventions -- Health Psychology in Hospitals -- Science and the Practice of Psychology -- Contemporary Concerns About Professional Schools of Psychology -- The "Myth" of Professional Psychology.…”
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Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""INCOME AND WEALTH OF OLDER AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS""; ""LABOR SUPPLY BEHAVIOR""; ""PERSONAL SAVING BEHAVIOR""; ""EMPLOYER BEHAVIOR""; ""MORTALITY, HEALTH STATUS, AND HEALTH CARE COSTS""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""2 Income and Wealth of Older American Households: Modeling Issues for Public Policy Analysis ""; ""CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW""; ""COMPONENTS OF INCOME AND WEALTH OF OLDER HOUSEHOLDS""; ""Income Distribution Issues""…”
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CBT for psychological well-being in cancer : a skills training manual integrating DBT, ACT, behavioral activation and motivational interviewing by Carlson, Mark

Table of Contents: “…CBT for Psychological Well-Being in Cancer; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to CBT for Psychological Well-Being in Cancer: Orientation to the Manual; 2 Cancer Statistics and the Scope of the Topic; Health Care Costs; Cancer and Functioning; Cancer and Suicide; Medical Interventions; Pharmacotherapy; Physical Therapy; Palliative Care; Integrated Behavioral Health; Clinical Implications of Integrated Behavioral Health; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Scope of the Book; 3 Introduction to the TAG Concept for Group and/or Individual Therapy.…”
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Cultural Competency in Health, Social & Human Services : Directions for the 21st Century. by Lecca, Pedro J.

Table of Contents: “…Cultural Strategies for InterventionComments; PART II Organizational Issues; CHAPTER 6 Cultural Competency and Services to the Minority Aged and Frai; Direct Care; Prevention and Health Education; Long-Term Care; Other Health Care Concerns; Recommendations for Today and Tomorrow; Recommendations for Interventions, Actions, and Solutions; CHAPTER 7 Cultural Competency and Practitioner Issues; Origins of Spiraling Health Care Costs; Structure of the Health Care System in the United States; Impact of Health Care Reform on Social and Human Services.…”
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Health Care in the United States Organization, Management, and Policy. by Greenwald, Howard P.

Table of Contents: “…DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 7: HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES, FINANCING, AND INSURANCE -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- HEALTH SERVICE FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES -- HEALTH CARE COSTS: A GLOBAL ISSUE -- COST ACCELERATORS IN THE UNITED STATES -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- ADDITIONAL INSURANCE CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY -- MEDICARE SPECIFICS AND ISSUES -- THE PROBLEM OF UNINSURANCE -- CONTINUING ISSUES -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 8: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH -- PRINCIPLES OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN…”
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Understanding Economic Equilibrium Making Your Way Through an Interdependent World. by Cunningham, Thomas J.

Table of Contents: “…(Joan of Arc) -- Chapter 22: Health Care Costs: A Steady Climb -- Chapter 23: First Fridays: Monthly Job Reports -- Chapter 24: A Shrinking Workforce: Jobs and Work in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 25: Wages: Minimum and More -- Chapter 26: Measuring Prices: How Much Is a Dollar? …”
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Controlling Costs and Changing Patient Care? : the Role of Utilization Management. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…; Prior Review; High-Cost Case Management; Retrospective Utilization Review; Other Cost-Containment Methods; TWO NOTES OF CAUTION; Obstacles To Evaluation; Intrinsic Conceptual and Methodological Problems; Common Behavioral Biases Against Evaluation; Competition and Evaluation; Forces Behind Rising Health Care Costs; REFERENCES; 2 Origins of Utilization Management; THE GROWTH OF THIRD-PARTY FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY COST-MANAGEMENT EFFORTS BY THIRD PARTIES; Management of the Risk Pool.…”
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