LIBRARY
HCA 302: Health Care Organizations: Home
Websites
- Healthy People 2020Access to health care impacts one's overall physical, social, and mental health status and quality of life.
Barriers to health services include:
High cost of care
Inadequate or no insurance coverage
Lack of availability of services
Lack of culturally competent care
These barriers to accessing health services lead to:
Unmet health needs
Delays in receiving appropriate care
Inability to get preventive services
Financial burdens
Preventable hospitalizations
Access to care often varies based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and residential location
Supplemental readings
New Perspectives in Healthcare by ISBN: 9781785608742Publication Date: 2015-10-30Examines the changing landscape of the US healthcare system, looking at the impact of changing structures, legislation and policies over recent years. Covering key topics such as: - the 2010 Affordable Care Act;- the impacts of Medicare and Medicaid;- mandatory public reporting;- changes in technology including electronic personal health records; and - coping with an ageing population.
Rural Public Health by ISBN: 9780826108951Publication Date: 2014-01-01Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral factors, and health provider shortages that combine to impose striking disparities in health outcomes among rural populations. This comprehensive text about the issues of rural public health is the only book to focus on rural health from the perspectives of public health and prevention.
Resilient Health Care by ISBN: 1317065174Publication Date: 2017-04-07Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and economic viability - to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas - and has responded by eagerly adopting techniques that have been useful in other industries, such as quality management, lean production, and high reliability.
- The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century.National Library of Medicine.
Articles
- Evolving Roles of Health Care OrganizationsAMA journal of Ethics
- The epicenter of effectiveness and efficiency in health care delivery: The evolving U.S. health workforce.Washko, M., & Fennell, M. (2017). Health Services Research, 52, 353-359. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12662
