Wilensky Sara E., Teitelbaum Joel B. Essentials of Health Policy and Law

5th edition. — Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. — 1843 p. — (Essential Public Health) — ISBN 9781284247473.Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fifth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied. Thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition explores the key health policy and legal changes brought about by the Biden Administration and the presently Democrat-controlled Congress. It also addresses the Covid-19 pandemic, and its many devastating and intertwined health, economic, and social consequences.Setting the Stage: An Overview of Health Policy and Law
Understanding the Role of and Conceptualizing Health Policy and Law
Policy and the Policymaking Process
Law and the Legal System
Overview of the Healthcare System
What Is Public Health?
Essential Issues in Health Policy and Law
Individual Rights in Health Care and Public Health
Structural and Social Drivers of Health and the Role of Law in Optimizing Health
Understanding Health Insurance
Health Economics in a Health Policy Context
Government Health Insurance Programs: Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare
Health Reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Healthcare Quality Policy and Law
What Is Public Health Emergency Preparedness?
Basic Skills in Health Policy Analysis
The Art of Structuring and Writing a Health Policy Analysis
Federal Policy Advocacy: Advancing Policy Goals