Amazon.com description: Product Description: This review of the U.S. health system offers both a historical and current perspective. Readers will learn about the origins of our health system, the forces that have influenced its change, and how the system has responded to those forces of change to become what it is today. Key topics include costs, financing and access to health care, as well as a look at the various systems for delivering health care. Reform efforts are also discussed and a new chapter on information technology in health care has been introduced. For additional research and information, web-based resources are included in the chapter references..