Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health care delivery in America: historical and policy perspectives -- Health care professionals and interdisciplinary care -- The pharmacist and the pharmacy profession -- The patient -- Drug use, access, the pharmaceutical industry, and supply chain in the United States -- Hospitals -- Ambulatory care -- Long-term care -- Mental health services delivery -- Home care -- Informatics in health care -- Basic economic principles affecting health care -- Unique aspects of health economics -- Private health insurance -- Government involvement in health care -- Managed health care -- Medicare and Medicaid -- Pharmacoeconomics -- International health care services -- Health care reform.