Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Nursing's History of Advocacy and Action Chapter 2: Policy and Politics Expanded Chapter 3: A Policy Toolkit for Healthcare Providers and Activists Section II: Population Health Chapter 4: Population Health Care: Access, Cost, and Quality Chapter 5: Global Health: A Vision for Action Chapter 6: Mental and Behavioral Health Section III: Affordable Care Act: From Enactment to Sustainability Chapter 7: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reframed and Uncertain Chapter 8: Healthcare Quality Section IV: Health Financing: Payors, Markets, and Models Chapter 9: Health Care Costs: Follow the Money Chapter 10: Private Health Insurance Market Chapter 11: Medicare: Protector to Innovator Chapter 12: Medicaid and the Financing of Care for Vulnerable Populations: A Story of Misconceptions Chapter 13: Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future: Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations and Bundled Payment Initiatives Section V: Health Care and Provider and Care Delivery Chapter 14: Hospitals: Consolidation and Compression Chapter 15: Enhanced Primary Care Roles for Nurses and Other Professionals Chapter 16: Physicians: It Is Increasingly About the Team Chapter 17: Health Information Technology and the Intersection of Health Policy Chapter 18: Political Power of Nurses: Harnessing Our Values & Voices.
Policy and Politics for Nurses : And Other Health Professionals Advocacy and Action