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Contents

List of Features

Contributors

Supplementary Material

Instructor Resources

Foreword by Anthony R. Kovner, PhD

Acknowledgments

Organization of This Book

Section I: Health Policy

1. The Challenge of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy

Brian Elbel, James R. Knickman

2. Organization of Care

Amy Yarbrough Landry, Cathleen O. Erwin

3. Policy and the Politics of Health Care: Policy Choices in a Divided Political Environment

Rogan Kersh, James Morone

Section II: Keeping Americans Healthy

4. Population Health

Sheri Johnson, Marjory Givens, Marc N. Gourevitch

5. Public Health Systems and Their Role in Society

Laura C. Leviton, Ucheoma C. Nwaozuru, Scott D. Rhodes

6. Health and Behavior

Azizi Seixas, Leo Landron, Brian Elbel

7. Public Health Preparedness

Eric N. Gebbie, Kristine Qureshi

8. Caring for Older Adults: Financial, Community, and Health System Challenges and Opportunities

Kathleen Cameron, Ramsey Alwin, James R. Knickman

9. Addressing Vulnerability Through the Pursuit of Health Equity

Lourdes J. Rodríguez, Jewel Mullen

Section III: Medical Care: Treating Americans' Medical Problems

10. Healthcare Financing, Costs, and Value

James R. Knickman, John Marchica, David C. Radley

11. High-Quality Health Care

Carolyn Clancy, Irene Fraser, Kristi Groves, Pamela L. Owens

12. Health Care Management

Zachary Pruitt

13. Health Information Technology

Austin P. Walsh, Sean Hamill, Ian Morrison

Section IV: Future of U.S. Health Care

14. The Future of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy

James R. Knickman, Brian Elbel

Appendix: U.S. Government Public Health Agencies

Glossary

Index

Authors

James R. Knickman, PhD, recently retired as the Robert Derzon chair in public and health affairs at New York University where he had joint appointments at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and at NYU Grossman School of Medicine's Department of Population Health. He has spent four decades splitting his time between academe and the philanthropic sector. His work focuses on health policy, and he has played many roles both as a researcher and a leader in philanthropy to study and test new approaches for improving the quality and efficiency of the American health care system. He was a Vice President at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and President of the New York Health Foundation. He has a PhD in public policy analysis from the University of Pennsylvania and did his undergraduate work at Fordham University. He serves on the board of directors at three nonprofit organizations and served for many years as the board chair of the National Council on Aging in Virginia and the Robert Wood Johnson Health System in New Jersey.

Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH, is a professor of Population Health and Health Policy at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he heads the Section on Health Choice, Policy and Evaluation within the Department of Population Health, and at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is the Associate Dean for Research Mission Strategy and Administration at NYU Langone Health. He studies how individuals make decisions that influence their health, with a particular emphasis on evaluation, obesity, and food choice. His work uses behavioral economics to understand health decision-making among vulnerable groups, and the role and influence of public policy on these decisions. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Science Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and has been featured in national television, radio, and print media. Dr. Elbel earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his master's and doctorate in Health Policy/Health Economics from Yale University.

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