NURSING IN TODAY’S WORLD TRENDS ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT 11TH EDITION STEGAN SOWERBY- UPDATED 2024

NURSING IN TODAY’S WORLD TRENDS ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT 11TH EDITION STEGAN SOWERBY- UPDATED 2024 U N I T I Economic and Political Aspects of Health Care Delivery 1 1 Understanding the Health Care Environment 3 Classification of Health Care Agencies 4 Understanding Today’s Hospital 9 The Long-Term Care Facility 12 Ambulatory Care Settings 15 Community Agencies 16 Colleagues in Health Care 18 Complementary and Alternative Health Care 24 2 Health Care Finance and Control 35 Financing Health Care for Individuals 37 Patterns of Payment 45 Cost Control in Health Care 49 Access to Health Care 56 Accreditation of Health Care Institutions and Agencies 58 Evaluation of Health Care 59 Power in the Health Care System 62 Implications for Nurses 65 3 The Political Process and the Nursing Profession 69 Relevance of the Political Process for Nurses 70 Influencing the Political Process 71 The Federal Government’s Role in Health Care 82 The State Government’s Role in Health Care 85 Local Political Concerns 87 Health Care Reform 87 Nursing Organizations 88