Health care finance, economics, and policy for nurses : a foundational guide / Betty Rambur.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780826123237
- 0826123236
- 362.17/30681Â 23
- RT86.7
- W 74.1
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TNU, Faculty of Nursing and Health Science Internet | Link to resource | Available |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 15, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is health economics and why is it important to nurses? -- A story of unintended consequences : how economic and policy solutions create new challenges -- Payment reform -- How health care markets differ from classic free markets -- The role of information in health care markets and decision making -- Market entry, exit, and antitrust law -- What is ethiconomics? -- Additional models to guide ethical decision-making -- Governance and organizational types -- Applying health economics to influence health care through state and federal policy formation -- Epilogue : reflections on living and leading in a changing nursing world.
English.
The complexities of health care finance, economics, and policy are today inextricably intertwined with traditional nursing practice. This undergraduate nursing text distills these challenging topics into an engaging, easy-to-read format that facilitates ready application into any practice setting.