This A-Z book aims to equip the reader with the practical knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to deliver powerful research evidence for health policy-makers, in the government, not-for-profit, and private sectors. It focuses on describing the genre of policy-relevant research in a heuristic, practice-based way.
In its 2009 report, Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information concludes that the HIPAA Privacy Rule ...
Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance.
Taking the Pulse of Health Care Systems: Experiences of Patients with Health Problems In Six Countries 2005/journal article 8 This book discusses the social and health issues in USA (Barkan, 2010) Social Problems: Continuity and Change ...
Policy-relevant economic research on health care and health policy issues.
Leading economists discuss current health policy challenges, including prescription drugs benefits as a component of Medicare and conversion to for-profit health plans.
Among the sectors of health care examined are public and private hospitals, mental health care, prepaid health plans. and the multinational pharmaceutical industry. A report from the Foundation for Health Services Research.
Necessary steps: How health care fails older patients, and how it can be done better. Health Affairs, 34(3), 528–532. ... Families and elder care in ... In J. Gaugler & R. Kane (Eds.), Family caregiving in the new normal (pp.
This volume could provide an excellent introduction to the field of operations research applied to health-care policy, and it could also serve as an introduction to new areas for researchers already familiar with the topic.
In this book, seasoned researchers share their knowledge, skills, and expertise on the most important aspects of the research enterprise and its connection to policy implementation.
This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow.