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The book is a excellent basic introduction to the American shape care system. If you are doing advanced shape policy research this book is not for you. If you are instruction a class for undergraduates (or are someone who desires to know about ‘nuts and bolts’ issues) this would be perfect. For what it does (basic intro), it does well but do not look for sophisticated analysis here.
This is one of the worst text books I have ever used for a course. The content is dense and hard.
Chapters are not well outlined and don’t follow sequence provided in text.
Too many inconsistencies in the data and materials. Chapter 12, page 524 says that the HEDIS quality review has 56 measures, the glossary says 71. This is only one of many I identified. I spotted far too many grammatical errors, shared sentences and more for a 3rd Edition book.
It is more than obvious that some updates have occured in particular sections but have not been rolled throughout the entire text. This textbook is in dire need of an overhaul and condensing. Foremost points are diluted with it’s over-intricate verbiage, poor flow and lack of comprehensive outline.
This book is near 600 pages, but it could be condensed to 300 easily: by cold back on some simplistic flow charts and over-explanation. Maybe the goal was to make the book readable for the high teach level, but I didn’t find its style or level appropriate for a graduate (MBA) textbook. One further annoyance was the authors’ shameless and open promotion of socialized shape care. A more balanced take would give the authors greater credibility.