Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States

by Anthony R. Kovner (Editor), James R. Knickman (Editor)

This tenth edition of a classic textbook, updated in November 2013 with a free, downloadable chapter on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding our health care system. Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, it includes the contributions of leading thinkers, educators, and practitioners who provide an in-depth and objective appraisal of why and how we organize health care the way we do; the enormous impact of health-related behaviors on the structure, function, and cost of the health care delivery system; and other emerging and recurrent issues in health policy, health care management, and public health. To update this book with the rapid changes that have occurred in health care through November 2013, a separate chapter, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Supplement, is available to students and instructors as a downloadable PDF.

This text is divided into five sections, in order to provide some coherence to this broad terrain. Part I, The Current U.S. Health Care System, addresses major characteristics and issues, including reform, financing, and comparative health care systems. This section now includes multiple new charts and tables providing concrete health care data. Part II, Population Health, focuses on health behavior, including health care models, public health policy and practice, risk factors, facilitating healthy lifestyle practices, and access to care. Part III, Medical Care Delivery, addresses integrated health models, delivering high-quality health care, health care costs and value, and comparative effectiveness. Part IV, Support for Medical Care Delivery, concerns governance and management issues, including accountability, the health workforce, and information technology. Part V, The Future of Health Care Delivery in the United States, includes a new 5-year trend forecast.

Key Features:
Includes major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010
Each chapter includes these special features: key concepts; extensive mapping resources; key words; learning objectives; discussion questions; and case studies
Covers the newest models of care, such as Accountable Care Organizations and Integrated Delivery Systems
Examines new ways of conceptualizing and assessing health care, including comparative effectiveness research
Features contributions by leading scholars and key figures within the U.S. health care system, including John Billings, JD; Carolyn M. Clancy, MD; C. Tracy Orleans, PhD; and Michael S. Sparer, PhD, JD
Contains new coverage of health reform, developing countries, population health, public health and catastrophic events, and a broadened discussion of the health care workforce

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Supplement available to students and instructors as a downloadable PDF.

Available to Instructors:
Instructor's Guide (updated to reflect content from ACA supplement)
PowerPoint Presentations
Image Bank
Test Bank (updated to reflect content from ACA supplement)"

Genres: Textbooks, Health Care, Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I learned more than I thought from this class...because of this book not because of the class. Health and policy is just such a broad topic, that's why you can get an MPH. It is too much for one class or one book to give more than an overview.

[Ulyana Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I was actually impressed with the amount of work that was placed in this book. Great work on connecting with the audience and the structure was easy to follow. Information was up to date and gives multiple points of views through fantastic examples and facts. Thank you for the educational information, Jonas and Kovner! This was a book I enjoyed reading for Health Care Seminar course.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good text. Dry.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a textbook really good lots of information

[Peter J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative, but nauseatingly rife with Obamacare sycophancy. Hard to believe the authors objective, when so gushing about it; Chelsea Clinton even co-authoring a chapter.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note that this is a textbook, and the rating should not be compared to my ratings on books written for entertainment.

Clear and concise text with well organized ideas and progression. Information is presented in different formats including graphs, charts, and well defined section headings. Scanning for specific information within a chapter is easy.
-1 star for feeling out of date (10th edition, read in April/May 2013)

Average personal reading time without needing a break: 90 minutes

[Patrick Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

An informative look at the state of the health care system in the USA. Unfortunately, since it is such a changing field I expect this to be outdated in a year or less. If you have questions on how hospitals, physician practices, insurance companies, or government services operates this is a good first stop. The writing can by necessarily dry and full of acronyms but the topics are covered with great detail.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a required textbook for my Public Health Policy class. The chapters were interesting and well-written. The topics covered were timely and thorough. The text size was highly readable and the graphics enhanced the text. This was one the best formated textbooks I have read during my BSN program.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very great, concise description of the US healthcare system.

[Risa · Rating 5 out of 5]

the only non-fiction entry in my list of 'best books i've ever read'.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book in US healh care

[JE Beuler · Rating 3 out of 5]

great text book for nursing school.