Access, quality and satisfaction with care concerns of patients, providers and insurers / [electronic resource] :

• 其他題名：
  • Research in the sociology of health care
• 出版： Amsterdam ;Boston : Elsevier / JAI
• 叢書名： Research in the sociology of health carev. 24
• 主題： Patient Satisfaction--United States. , Health Services Accessibility--United States. , Medical care--Standards--United States. , Social medicine--United States. , Patients--United States--Attitudes. , Health systems & services. , USA. , Medical--Health Care Delivery. , Electronic books.
• ISBN： 9781849504201 (electronic bk.) 、 1849504202 (electronic bk.) 、 076231320X (hbk.) 、 9780762313204 (hbk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references.
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• 摘要註: Traditionally in health services research, cost, quality and access to care have been viewed as the three major issues of health care delivery and have been important in the development of health services research as a multidisciplinary way to examine issues in health care and health care delivery. Satisfaction is often viewed as a specialized aspectof access to care. Given the sociologicalfocus of this volume, costs are less of a focus, but access, quality and satisfaction are importantsociological aspects of health services delivery concerns and have been for more than 30 years. Thisvolume explores a variety of those issues in todays health care system, with a strong sociological focus. Besides the introductory section of the volume, the other sections of the volume focus on articles that are about patients and special types of care, elderly care issues, issues of access, quality and satisfaction withcare from the perspective of foreign health care systems, and these issues in public systems of care. Some of the specific chapters look at issues of care for Vietnam veterans, patients with myocardial infarctions, and dental care and maternity care, elderly care issues, andwhat can be learned from explorations of some aspects of the health care systems of Canada and Hungary. "Access, Quality and Satisfaction with Care" is essential reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers. It looks at health care froma sociological perspective that is more focused on access, qualityandsatisfaction than cost. The chapters focus on specialized forms of care and specific issues (i.e. Vietnam Veterans, dental and maternity care, elderly care issues, health care systems in differentcountries, etc.). It is essential for medical sociologists and others in social science industries studying
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