Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System de Michael Smith

Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System

Michael Smith

The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, compelled by technological strides, pressure to increase efficiency, and demand to contain costs. Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System, Third Edition is the classic text used to prepare pharmacists for independent practice in today's unpredictable environment since the first edition was published in 1991. This new edition is now streamlined and tailored for a one-semester course, completely updated with the most recent data, statistics, and emerging issues relevant to today's pharmacy professional, with new chapters devoted to the political realities of the industry and the future of pharmacy.

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Cuprins

Preface Chapter 1. Health and Health Care in the United States Chapter 2. Financing Health Care in the United States Chapter 3. Managed Care and Pharmacy Services Chapter 4. The Health Professions Chapter 5. Pharmacists in the U.S. Health Care System Chapter 6. Pharmacy Organizations Chapter 7. Emerging Roles Chapter 8. Political Realities of Pharmacy Chapter 9. Hospital and Health Care Institutions Chapter 10. Pharmacist Involvement in Long-Term Care for Seniors Chapter 11. The Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturing Industry Chapter 12. Drug Distribution Chapter 13. The Consumers of Health Care Chapter 14. The Drug-Use Process Chapter 15. Provisions of Care to Subpopulations: A Cultural Perspective Chapter 16. New Technologies: Understanding the Basics of Biotechnology Chapter 17. Unresolved Issues in Pharmacy Chapter 18. Pharmacy Looks to the Future

Notă biografică

Michael Ira Smith, PhD, RPh, is Founder and President of MIS Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc., a management consulting firm for the pharmaceutical and health care industries. Albert I. Wertheimer, PhD, RPh, MBA, is Professor and Research Center Director at Temple University School of Pharmacy. Jack E. Fincham, PhD, RPh, is the Albert W. Jowdy Professor of Pharmacy Care at the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy.

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