Health Care USA Understanding Its Delivery and Organization (2nd ed.)

Abstract

Book reviewed in this article: Health Care USA: Understanding Its Delivery and Organization (2nd ed.) Harry A. Sultz and Kristina M. Young Leading the Revolution in Health Care: Advancing Systems, Igniting Performance (2nd ed.) Cathleen Krueger Wilson and Tim Porter‐O'Grady Honoring Patient Preferences: A Guide to Complying with Multicultural Patient Requirements (with CD‐ROM) Anne Knights Rundle, Maria Carvalho and Mary Robinson (Eds.) How to Use Patient Satisfaction Data to Improve Healthcare Quality Ralph Bell and Michael J. Krivich Insights to Performance Excellence in Health Care 2000: An Inside Look at the 2000 Baldrige Award Criteria for Health Care Mark L. Blazey, Joel H. Ettinger, Paul L. Grizzell and Linda M. Janczak The Health Care Provider's Guide to Facing the Malpractice Deposition Constance G. Uribe, MD

Máquinas y arte-sanos

“…Durante la década de 1930, las condiciones económicas derivadas de la "Gran Depresión" forzaron la creación de nuevos sistemas de financiación, como las compañías de seguros médicos organizadas por los propios profesionales, como Blue Cross. Esto no solo reflejaba la especialización de la profesión médica, sino que produciría un incremento del número de hospitales, impulsado por los seguros de salud privados que contribuyeron a su crecimiento y a la centralidad que adquieren en el sistema de salud hasta mediados de 1970 (72) .…”

Positioning and change in a hospital ward

“…In this vertical organizational structure, personnel are organized in three major professional divisions: the medical division, the nursing division, and other health professionals (Sultz and Young, 2010). The physicians constitute a powerful resource in hospitals, and they have a decisive influence on many change efforts.…”

Predatory Hospital Billing: Dynamic Cost Shifting to the Uninsured

“…15 Gradually, as insurance began to spread, especially with the establishment of Blue Cross in Houston in the early 1930s, patients became responsible for their hospital bills. 16 With the passage of the Hospitals Survey and Construction Act of 1946 (i.e., the Hill-Burton Act), hospitals were given federal money to be built or expanded. 17 The major goal of the act was to increase the number of hospital beds in America to 4.5 per 1,000 people, particularly in rural America.…”