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Unraveling U.S. health care : a personal guide
Record details
- ISBN: 1442222972 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781442222977 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xi, 289 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The truth about U.S. health care -- Why U.S. health care is so expensive -- Evidence-based planning : what it means and why you should care -- Quality and cost: how the United States compares with other countries -- Quality indicators: best hospitals for patient safety -- Critical care: U.S. hospitals with level-1 trauma centers -- Patient safety: who reports hospital errors -- Surgical tips: when you have to go under the knife -- How to get medical treatment in the United States without health insurance -- Medical tourism: getting health care outside the United States -- Health care for visitors to the United States -- Naturopathic and alternative health care in America: who regulates it -- Health care reforms: a consumer perspective -- When it's terminal: how to die well -- What you need to know before your medicare election -- Insurance 101 -- Women's health care: the best and the worst in the United States -- Men's health care: the best and the worst in the United States -- Children's health care: the best and worst in the United States -- Strategies for reducing the cost of health care in the United States. |