Sultz & Young's Health Care USA

Sultz & Young’s Health Care USA: Understanding its Organization and Delivery, Eleventh Edition provides a clear, accessible introduction to the U.S. health care system, offering a comprehensive look at how American health care is organized, delivered, and continually transformed. Combining essential historical background with analysis of current healthcare trends, the book helps readers understand both the evolution of the system and the major forces shaping its future.This latest edition addresses the fast‑moving nature of healthcare delivery with updated discussions on systems thinking, and the growing role of healthcare data analytics in decision‑making, and key priorities such as Health People 2030. It also explores recent policy shifts impacting the U.S. healthcare system specifically cost, access, and affordability.Key Updates:- Health systems thinking perspective is used as the organizing framework throughout, addressing a core Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) competency.- Updated new data for tables, charts, figures, and text based on the latest published data, trends and research findings.- All chapters were revised and updated to reflect current developments and trends in the field such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, new health policies, and much more.- Updated assignments, cases, and interviews engage learners and encourage better comprehension of concepts and issues.- Updated terminology to reflect current practice and industry trends

James A. Johnson is a medical social scientist who specializes in organizational and health systems development. He is a Professor in the School of Health Sciences and Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) Program at Central Michigan University where he teaches courses in comparative health systems, organizational behavior, and health systems thinking. He'is a very'active researcher and health science writer with over 100 journal articles and'20 books published. One book read worldwide is Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives'where he and co-researchers analyzed the health systems of 20 different countries. He is also the co-author of the recently published Health Systems Thinking.'Eighteen of Professor Johnson's books have been selected for the permanent collection of the National Library of Medicine.Dr. Johnson is past-editor of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Journal of Healthcare Management and a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and global health editor for the Journal of Human Security and Resilience.'Additionally, he has served on many boards including the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Diabetes Trust Foundation; American Public Health (APHA) Governing Council; Board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA); Advisory Board of the Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Board President of Charleston Low Country AIDS Services; Advisory Board of the Joint Africa Working Group;'Advisory Board of the Center for Collaborative Health Leadership; and Board of Advisors for Health Systems of America. He is a regular delegate to the World Health Congress and a member of the Global Health Council. 'Dr. Johnson completed his Ph.D. at Florida State University.' Kimberly S. Davey is Associate'Professor of Public Health and Director of the Undergraduate Public Health Program'in the School of Public Health at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.'She was previously an instructor in the Department of Family, Community, and Health Systems at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing.' Dr. Davey teaches courses in leadership, management, strategy, health systems, health policy, and comparative health systems. She completed her PhD in Health Services Administration at the UAB School of Health Professions, MBA in business administration at Samford University, and MA in Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.' Dr. Richard G. Greenhill serves as the chief transformation officer (CTO) at Quality Insights and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Quality in Healthcare, Communications (IJCOMS), an Oxford University Press and International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) peer reviewed publication. In his CTO role, he spearheads transformative initiatives focused on efficiency, productivity and competitiveness. His career spans more than 30 years with deep experience acr