Full Description
Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness, Fourth Edition presents an overview of the current state of health in the U.S. and discusses the population health delivery and payment models, legal and regulatory landscape, and more, that provide the backdrop to all population health efforts. It places population health in the context of multiple determinants of health and highlights the importance of disease prevention and health promotion. Key Updates include: New comparisons to health systems of other countries specifically in expenditures, access, and outcomes and new commentary on the "Triple Aim" (Population Health, Experience of Care, and Per Capita Cost). New coverage of epidemiology topics including social epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology as well as a new supplemental section on the epidemiology of COVID (Ro, test positivity, etc.) New chapter on the non-medical drivers of health (3) and expanded coverage of this topic and the social determinants of health throughout. Completely restructured chapter on health systems, structures and stakeholders that explores four distinct areas: Providers (and provider systems), Payors (and integrated systems), Pharma/Device, and the ACA Expanded coverage of the Medicaid expansion, preventive health services, Accountable Care Organizations, health insurance reforms, and public support for ACA/health reform Greater focus on wearables, remote, tracking, apps, etc. New case studies on COVID-19 and risk stratification Appropriate Courses Population Health or Population Health Management courses in Nursing, Public Health, Health Professions, or Health Administration departments within those School or Programs.
