Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z

Author Julie Rovner

Publisher CQ Press

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eBook

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Author

Julie Rovner

Publisher

CQ Press

Volume

Copyright

2008

ISBN13

9781604266986

Release

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Readers will find updated information on long term health care spending, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, health insurance and the uninsured, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and much, much more. New entries reflect important changes in recent years and include the Medicare Modernization Act, abstinence education, electronic health records, health savings accounts, Plan B, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and Project BioShield.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
1: AARP.
2: Abortion.
3: Abstinence Education.
4: Academic Health Centers (AHCs).
5: Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
6: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
7: Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
8: Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Program.
9: Advance Directives.
10: Advanced Practice Nurse.
11: Adverse Selection.
12: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
13: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
14: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
15: Alternative Medicine.
16: American Association of Health Plans (AAHP).
17: American Medical Association (AMA).
18: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
19: America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
20: Asset Test.
21: Assignment (Medicare).
22: Association Health Plans (AHPs).
23: Balance Billing (Medicare).
24: Baseline.
25: Beneficiary.
26: Bioterrorism.
27: Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).
28: Boren Amendment.
29: Budget Reconciliation Legislation and Health Care.
30: Cafeteria Benefits Plans.
31: California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
32: Capitation.
33: Carrier (Medicare).
34: Carve-out Organizations.
35: Catastrophic Illness.
36: Categorical Eligibility.
37: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
38: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
39: Certified Nurse Midwife.
40: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).
41: Child Custody Protection Act.
42: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).
43: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA).
44: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
45: Clinical Practice Guidelines.
46: Clinical Trials.
47: Cloning, Human.
48: Coinsurance.
49: Common Rule.
50: Community Health Centers.
51: Community Rating.
52: Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research.
53: Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
54: Cons
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