Straub and Walzer have assembled a well-balanced collection of articles by experts in the field of health care, beginning with two which explore the changing populations and economies of rural areas. Successive chapters explain issues such as recent developments in home patient care, cost-saving innovations, and the pros and cons of rural HMOs. Of special note are those essays which project the future of health care and provide alternative approaches to health care services such as the viability of the rural hospital in the future; progressive non-hospital options; and ways to maximize resources in the years to come. Since this detailed work investigates the major facets of the struggling rural health care system, it will prove valuable not only to health care officials, but also to health care and social science faculty, and to state and local officials whose understanding of health care issues directly affects their policy making.
Straub and Walzer have assembled a well-balanced collection of articles by experts in the field of health care, beginning with two which explore the changing populations and economies of rural areas. Successive chapters explain issues such as recent developments in home patient care, cost-saving innovations, and the pros and cons of rural HMOs. Of special note are those essays which project the future of health care and provide alternative approaches to health care services such as the viability of the rural hospital in the future; progressive non-hospital options; and ways to maximize resources in the years to come. Since this detailed work investigates the major facets of the struggling rural health care system, it will prove valuable not only to health care officials, but also to health care and social science faculty, and to state and local officials whose understanding of health care issues directly affects their policy making.
The Changing Rural Population and Health Care Demands in the
Midwest by Paul Lasley
Issues Facing Rural Health Care Finance by Syl Boeder
Health Care Environment: Access, Payment, and the Rural Hospital by
Ron Damasauskas
The Future of Rural Hospitals by Ira Moscovice
Trends in Rural Health Care Delivery: Progressive Nonhospital
Alternatives by Jeffrey C. Bauer
Recent Developments in Home Patient Care by Jean E. Steel
Federal Legislative Changes Affecting the Reimbursement of Health
Care in Rural America by Patricia Knight
Maximizing Resources in a Restrained Environment by Kevin M.
Fickenscher
HMOs in Rural Areas: Pros, Cons, and Financial Realities by Jon B.
Christianson and Maureen Shadle
The Rural Route to Health Care Capital Financing by Barry S. Maram
and E. Michele La Mothe
The Rural Health Care Environment: A Synthesis and Relevant
Implications by Sam M. Cordes
LAVONNE STRAUB is Associate Professor of Econoics at Wetern
Illinois University.
NORMAN WALZER is Chairman of the Economics Department at Western
Illinois University.
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