Healing the Fragmented U.S. Healthcare System

Through a systems perspective, this insightful book challenges the current state of healthcare in the United States, arguing for overarching reforms that would lead ultimately to universal healthcare coverage across the country.

Barbara J. Sowada is president of the board of trustees of a rural hospital. She has a Ph.D. in nutrition from Colorado State University. She lives in southwest Wyoming. This is her second book about healthcare reform.

Introduction. 1. Review of Systems: The Construction of the U.S. Healthcare System. 2. Efficiency. 3. Fifty Years of Cost Reductions Increased Costs. 4. Creative Disruptors. 5. Effectiveness. 6. The U.S. Healthcare System Is Out of Date. 7. Health Equity. 8. Social Capital and Social Cohesion. 9. Choices. 10. Healing.