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Healthcare economics is rapidly evolving, becoming increasingly crucial as transformative shifts reshape how Americans access and finance healthcare services. **Understanding Healthcare Economics, 2nd Edition (PDF)** delivers a comprehensive, evidence-based framework designed to equip healthcare practitioners with a clear understanding of the dynamic changes currently impacting our nation’s healthcare landscape. This textbook not only elucidates significant economic facts but also breaks down the essential economic concepts needed to interpret their implications effectively. Additionally, it compiles and assesses the findings from recent empirical studies that examine access, cost, and quality challenges permeating today’s healthcare system.
The book is structured into two main sections. **Section 1** focuses on critical issues related to healthcare access, cost, and quality that create urgent calls for reform in health policy. The first edition was published just as discussions around the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were gaining momentum. This revised edition refreshes the dialogue surrounding access and cost issues and scrutinizes the motivations for legislative change leading to the enactment of the PPACA. It further delves into the evidence that shaped the act itself, evaluates its impact post-implementation, and anticipates the pressures for ongoing reforms within the evolving healthcare environment.
**Section 2** spotlights the ongoing transformations in the healthcare sector, including significant shifts in the Medicare payment framework, as well as the emergence of innovative healthcare delivery models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical homes. It also sheds light on contemporary initiatives that enable patients to enhance their health through disease management and wellness programs. Furthermore, it discusses the critical role of health information technology in facilitating these advancements.
Maintaining its existing structure, the new edition enriches each chapter with updated insights reflecting post-PPACA evidence relevant to various topics. Beyond these revisions, the authors introduce a series of data explorations across several chapters. These explorations provide succinct statistical insights derived from anonymized data obtained from a hospital’s electronic data system. The explorations serve a dual purpose: first, they illustrate the repercussions of reform pressures and some resultant changes impacting healthcare providers—such as the financial implications of pre-PPACA uncompensated care; second, they include discussions on prevalent coding systems utilized nationwide (e.g., DRGs, CPT, ICD codes) to provide context for the data. Additional sections explore various data sources beneficial for analyzing health policy, further aiding healthcare insurers and providers.
**NOTE: This product exclusively includes the ebook Understanding Healthcare Economics: Managing Your Career in an Evolving Healthcare System 2nd Edition in PDF format. Please be aware that access codes are not included.**
ISBN-13: 978-0789095888, ISBN-10: 0789095882.
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