Healthcare in the United States: Clinical, Financial, and Operational Dimensions offers a comprehensive examination of the US healthcare system and its development, addressing various challenges related to cost, access, and quality. Using straightforward descriptions, sidebars, case studies, and vignettes, the text illuminates the complex system's organizations, financing, and delivery models. This second edition contains updated data throughout and explores the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on many facets of the healthcare system, including long-term care, population health, and health information technology. New material in this edition includes vertical and horizontal structures in hospitals; post-acute care, mental health parity, and health disparities; and the impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare quality and electronic health records.

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