Introduction -- Instruments and social inquiry -- Measurement, instrument construction, validity, and reliability -- Purposeful creativity : first steps in the development of an instrument -- Pretesting -- The structure and format of selection items -- Guidelines for writing selection items --...

Part I: The organization and function of the American Health Care System. Why health and health care matter -- How America's health system works -- How we pay for health care -- The polities of health care -- Part II: Problems and challenges facing the American Health Care System. A holistic...