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Pass your course with CourseConnect, the interactive platform that includes lessons, exercises, and analytics to help you maximize study time! Digital access to Jonas' Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System, 10th Edition, on CourseConnect, an interactive online platform. This best-selling introductory text, valued for its balanced overview of the U.S. health care system, has been fully updated to help students stay at the forefront of the dynamic and complex health care field. It continues to offer a foundational framework that concisely explains the core elements and functions of the system, while also providing an essential understanding of the current state of the health care system and the factors influencing its future state. Students also benefit from the special emphasis given to the evolution of the health care system and to identification of the underlying values that influence health care policy. The 10th edition prepares the next generation of health care leaders—from health care management, public health, medicine, nursing, allied health, and health policy—to comprehend the variety of forces that shape the field in which they will practice so they can navigate change and improve the health system's record on quality, safety, value, access, and equity. This online course is replete with lessons with abundant graphs and tables, interactive review questions, and flashcards. New to the Tenth Edition: Expanded coverage of telehealth, advanced consumer medical devices, apps, and remote patient monitoring Updated treatment of the social and political determinants of health Discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic including the health care system's resiliency in the face of adversity Updated content on the diverse health care workforce and its functions Discussion of important financing issues, including value-based care and alternative payment models as well as the impact of private equity funding, consolidation, and consumerism Updated content acro