Health Systems & Services

This is the third of sequential collections of the health care professions'''' creative and practical and theoretical based health care programs, o...

Within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), eight agencies are designated components of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). The PHS...

In the recently completed work entitled The Crisis in Medicine & the Rise of the Reflective Physician , a comprehensive account of the serious...

Nearly 20% of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and over who were admitted to a hospital in 2005 were readmitted within 30 days following their initia...

The rising cost of health care represents the nation''''s single most important long-term fiscal challenge. This book explores whether increased tr...

High rates of dental disease remain prevalent across the nation, especially in vulnerable and under-served populations. According to national surve...

The health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and...

The papers in this book answer the call by scholars in the fields of Public Health, Community Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Medicine, Bi...

Mental health is a state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities; can cope with the normal stresses of life; can w...

Scientific studies have shown that because children''''s bodies are still developing, they can be more vulnerable than adults to certain environmen...

Over the past several years, federal and state policymakers have considered a variety of proposals to increase health insurance coverage among the ...

This book discusses the significance of local governments in public healthcare systems in developing countries, particularly India. It considers a ...

Dysphagia is the difficulty or improper swallowing of liquids, solids, or even saliva. This book provides new research on the complications, manage...

Down syndrome (DS), also known as Trisomy 21, is a chromosomal disorder in which a third copy of the 21st chromosome affects both structural and be...