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Managed Care and Public Health
Paul Halverson, DrPH, FACHE, Arnold D. Kaluzny, PhD, Curtis P. McLaughlin, DBA
ISBN-13: 9780834208971
ISBN-10: 0834208970
$127.95 (Sugg. US List)
Hardcover
461 Pages
© 1998
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Contents: CURRENT THEMES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MANAGED CARE * Introduction * Current Practice and Evolving Roles in Public Health * Managed Care and Its Relationship to Public Health: Barriers and Opportunities * Privatization of Public Hospitals: Trends and Strategies * Privatization and Health Care * APPLICATIONS OF MANAGED CARE AND PRIVATIZATION * Managed Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries: An Overview * Privatizing Maternal and Child Health Services in Texas * Public and Private Sector Involvement in Managed Mental Health Care * Managed Care and the Delivery of Public Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services * The Privatization of Quality Assurance in Health Care * CASE STUDIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MANAGED CARE * Managed Care, Public Health, and Privatization: A Typology of Interorganizational Arrangements * Case Study: Integrated Public and Private Health Care Systems in Denver, CO * Case Study: Group Health Cooperative and the Public Health System Serving Olympia, WA * Case Study: A Public Sector HMO in Portland, OR * Case Study: Reconfiguring Memphis' Public Health System for Managed Care * Case Study: The Local Health Department's Role in Milwaukee's Managed Care Market * Case Study: Privatizing a Community Hospital in Rocky Mount, NC * Case Study: Providing Public Health Services through an Integrated Delivery System in Mecklenburg County, NC * Case Study: Hospital Privatization as a Quality Improvement Strategy in Jersey City, NJ * Case Study: Privatizing the Mental Health System in King County, WA * MANAGING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS * Ensuring Quality and Access under Managed Care * Public Health, Privatization, and Market Populism: A Cautionary Note * Strategies for Managing the Public's Health: Implications and Next Steps * Appendixes * Index
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