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The Nation's Health, Eighth Edition

Author(s): Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA, MPA, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved
Douglas A. Singh, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor of Management, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University at South Bend
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763784577
  • Paperback    856 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $112.95 US List
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At last comes the Eighth Edition of the classic text, The Nation's Health, extensively revised by the new best selling author/editor team of Leiyu Shi and Douglas Singh.This timely revision includes an overarching framework to portray the determinants of the nation’s health and to organize the major components of the book. Each section begins with a summary highlighting the major issues and challenges as well as an outline of the articles that follow.

The Eighth Edition features both classic readings as well as new readings published within the last five years. New articles on healthcare delivery and interventions address health determinants and improving population health from other countries in the world. Ideal for use at the graduate and undergraduate level, the book can be used either as a stand-alone textbook or a secondary reader to a healthcare related course.

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Part  I  The Health of the Nation
  Chapter  1  Health Outcomes
    Reading 1  We Can Do Better—Improving the Health of the American People
    Reading 2  U.S. Disparities in Health: Descriptions, Causes, and Mechanisms
    Reading 3  Changing Patterns of Mortality Among American Indians
    Reading 4  Towards a Common Definition of Global Health
  Chapter  2  Conceptual Framework of Health Determinants
    Reading 1  Proximal, Distal, and the Politics of Causation: What’s Level Got to Do With It?
    Reading 2  A Call to Action for Individuals & Their Communities
    Reading 3  Sorting Out the Connections Between the Built Environment and Health: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating Pathways and Planning Healthy Cities
    Reading 4  CSDH Framework for Action
Part  II  The Determinants of Health
  Chapter  3  Social Determinants of Health
    Reading 1  Social Epidemiology: Social Determinants of Health in the United States: Are We Losing Ground?
    Reading 2  Income Inequality and Socioeconomic Gradients in Mortality
    Reading 3  Social Determinants of Health Inequalities
    Reading 4  Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in 22 European Countries
  Chapter  4  Behavioral Determinants of Health
    Reading 1  Evaluating the Public Health Impact of Health Promotion Interventions: The RE-AIM Framework
    Reading 2  A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity of Behavioral Healthcare
    Reading 3  The Health and Cost Benefits of Work Site Health-Promotion Programs
    Reading 4  A National Chronic Disease Crisis: The Time to Act Is Now
  Chapter  5  Biological determinants of health
    Reading 1  Biological Basis of Determinants of Health
    Reading 2  The Health of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Populations
    Reading 3  The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health across the Lifespan
    Reading 4  Behavioral Determinants of Health Aging Revisited: An Update on the Good News for the Baby Boomer Generation
Part  III  Medical Health Determinants: Inputs
  Chapter  6  The Health Workforce
    Reading 1  The Physician Workforce: Projections and Research into Current Issues Affecting Supply and Demand
    Reading 2  Forecasting the Global Shortage of Physicians: An Economic- and Needs-Based Approach
    Reading 3  The Rationale for Diversity in the Health Professions: A Review of the Evidence
    Reading 4  Physician Workforce Crisis? Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
  Chapter  7  Health Care Financing
    Reading 1  The Uninsured: A Primer
    Reading 2  Trends in the Health Status of Medicare Risk Contract Enrollees
    Reading 3  The Value of Medical Spending in the United States, 1960–2000
    Reading 4  High and Rising Health Care Costs: Demystifying U.S. Health Care Spending
  Chapter  8  Medical Technology
    Reading 1  How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs
    Reading 2  The Cost of Medical Technologies: Maximizing the Value of Innovation
    Reading 3  Pharmaceutical Price Controls in OECD Countries
    Reading 4  Some Unintended Consequences of Information Technology in Health Care: The Nature of Patient Care Information System-Related Errors
Part  IV  Medical Health Determinants: The Continuum of Care
  Chapter  9  Organization of Health Care
    Reading 1  Coordinating Care—A Perilous Journey Through the Health Care System
    Reading 2  Community Health Centers Tackle Rising Demands and Expectations
    Reading 3  Managed Care and Cancer Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities
    Reading 4  How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It Matter?
  Chapter  10  The Public Health System
    Reading 1  Declaration of Alma-Ata: International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, September 6–12, 1978
    Reading 2  Political Will: A Bridge Between Public Health Knowledge and Action
    Reading 3  Improving the Effectiveness of Health Care and Public Health: A Multiscale Complex Systems Analysis
    Reading 4  Public Health Services and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  Chapter  11  Primary and Ambulatory Care
    Reading 1  Primary Health Vare: Making Alma-Ata a Reality
    Reading 2  Primary Care: Putting People First
    Reading 3  Quantifying the Health Benefits of Primary Care Physician Supply in the United States
    Reading 4  America’s Health Centers
  Chapter  12  Inpatient and Tertiary Care
    Reading 1  Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals Objections
    Reading 2  General Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals and Financially Vulnerable Patients
    Reading 3  Experiences of Critical Access Hospitals in the Provision of Emergency Medical Services
    Reading 4  Partners in Critical Care
  Chapter  13  Long-Term and Community Care
    Reading 1  Generations
    Reading 2  Consumer-Preparedness for Long-Term Care
    Reading 3  Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaids’ Role for the Elderly and Disabled Executive Summary
    Reading 4  Changes in the Quality of Nursing Homes in the US: A Review and Data Update
  Chapter  14  Mental Health Care
    Reading 1  Trends in Mental Health Care
    Reading 2  Culture Counts: The Influence of Culture and Society on Mental Health, Mental Illness
    Reading 3  Managed Behavioral Health Care Carve-Outs: Past Performance and Future Prospects
    Reading 4  Vision Statement
Part  V  Interventions to Improve Health
  Chapter  15  Non-medical Interventions
    Reading 1  Approaching Health Disparities from a Population Perspective: The National Institutes of Health Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities
    Reading 2  Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
    Reading 3  The Inequality Paradox: The Population Approach and Vulnerable Populations
    Reading 4  A Message from the Co-Chairs
  Chapter  16  Medical Interventions
    Reading 1  10 years, 5 Voices, 1 Challenge
    Reading 2  Physician Performance Measurement: A Key to Higher Quality and Lower Cost Growth or a Lost Opportunity?
    Reading 3  Hospital Strategies to Engage Physicians in Quality Improvement
    Reading 4  Navigating Health Care: Why It’s So Hard and What Can Be Done to Make it Easier for the Average Consumer
  Chapter  17  Lessons from Abroad
    Reading 1  Slowing the Growth of Health Care Cost—Learning from International Experience
    Reading 2  Comparative Effectiveness in Health Care Reform: Lessons from Abroad
    Reading 3  Evaluating the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems by Comparing Mental Health Policies in Four Countries
    Reading 4  Health System Reform in China 7: China’s Health System Performance
Part  VI  Directions for the Future
  Chapter  18  The Future of Health Care Delivery
    Reading 1  The Present and Future Organization of Medicine
    Reading 2  Options for Controlling the Cost and Increasing the Efficiency of Health Care
    Reading 3  Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done?
    Reading 4  Making Medical Homes Work: Moving from Concept to Practice
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Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA, MPA-Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved

Dr. Leiyu Shi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved Populations. Dr. Shi's research focuses on primary care, health disparities, and vulnerable populations. He has conducted extensive studies about the association between primary care and health outcomes, particularly on the role of primary care in mediating the adverse impact of income inequality on health outcomes. Dr. Shi is also well known for his extensive research on the nation's vulnerable populations, in particular community health centers that serve vulnerable populations, including their sustainability, provider recruitment and retention experiences, financial performance, experience under managed care, and quality of care. Dr. Shi is the author of three textbooks and nearly 100 journal articles.

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Douglas A. Singh, PhD, MBA-Associate Professor of Management, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University at South Bend

Dr. Singh teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in health care delivery, policy, finance, and management in the School of Business and Economics and in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University-South Bend. He has authored/coauthored four books and has published in peer-reviewed journals. Before pursuing an academic career, he spent over 15 years in the long-term care industry and held positions of administrator, regional manager, vice president, and consultant. He was awarded the long-term care research award by the Foundation of American College of Health Care Administrators in 1995.

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  • "...one of the most comprehensive collections of health policy articles available."

    —James Ward, University of Massachusetts, Boston

    "...an extremely useful contribution to the field. The articles are well-chosen...useful to beginning students, as well as to those at more advanced levels. The coverage is encyclopedic. No other book takes this approach or has the breadth of coverage that this one displays."

    —Robert McLean, PhD

  • "Broad coverage of health concepts... an excellent overview!"

    --Kenneth Davis, University of Kansas, Department of Health Information Management

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Introduction to U.S. Health Care
U.S. Health Policy
Health Policy in America
Foundations of the U.S. Health Care System Back to top

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