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The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make vital health policy issues interesting and understandable. Whether you\u2019re a student, medical practitioner, or public policy professional, you will come away with a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about our healthcare system, its biggest challenges, and the most effective ways of making it better for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Covers every aspect of healthcare, including finance, organization, and reimbursement<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Delivers updated information on the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, and system consolidation<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Provides new insights into the role of social determinants in patient health<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Clinical vignettes highlight key policy issues and clarify difficult concepts<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Grumbach, MD, is Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<br \/>\nKevin Grumbach, MD Associate Professor Department of Family &amp; Community Medicine Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, San Francisco Clinical Faculty San Francisco General Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Grumbach, MD, is Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Thomas Bodenheimer (Author), Kevin Grumbach (Author)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\">\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Publisher \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>McGraw Hill \/ Medical; 8th edition (April 2, 2020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Language \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>English<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>FORMAT: ORIGINAL PDF\/PRINT REPLICA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>1260454266<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\">ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>978-1260454260<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[125],"product_tag":[1852,1537,1545,1850],"class_list":["post-12661","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-administration-and-medical-economics-ebooks-and-cme-videos","product_tag-2020-medical-ebooks","product_tag-hospital-medicine","product_tag-public-health","product_tag-trichology"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"da","enabled_languages":["en","uk","ar","au","ca","de","fr","es","pt","th","it","da","ko","he"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"uk":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ar":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"au":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ca":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"th":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"da":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ko":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"he":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/12661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=12661"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalebooks.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=12661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}